Fluvial system response to Late Devensian (Weichselian) aridity, Baston, Lincolnshire, England

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 479-495

  Briant, Rebecca M ^a   Coope, G Russell ^b   Preece, Richard C ^c   Keen, David H ^b   Boreham, Steve ^a   Griffiths, Huw I ^d   Seddon, Mary B ^e   Gibbard, Philip L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluvial sediments; Geochronology; MCR palaeotemperature reconstruction; Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL); Palaeontology; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PERMAFROST; WEICHSELIAN;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LINCOLNSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3943075712     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.851     Document Type: Article

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