Late Holocene environmental change in the Howgill Fells, Northwest England

Geomorphology

Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 41-69

  Chiverrell, R C ^a   Harvey, A M ^a   Millington, J ^b   Richardson, N J ^c  

^a nee Miller) S Y   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial fan; Climate change; Hillslope; Holocene; Howgill Fells; Human impact; Instability; Peat; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BRONZE AGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HILLSLOPE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IRON AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PEAT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION HISTORY;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HOWGILL FELLS; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; YORKSHIRE DALES;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 40849097240     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.04.036     Document Type: Article

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