Late Quaternary speleothem pollen in the British Isles

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-200

  Caseldine, Christopher J ^a   McGarry, Siobhán F ^b   Baker, Andy ^b   Hawkesworth, Chris ^c   Smart, Peter L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British late Quaternary; Pollen; Speleothem; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SPELEOTHEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39449120719     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1121     Document Type: Article

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