New evidence for complex climate change in MIS 11 from Hoxne, Suffolk, UK

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 7-8, 2008, Pages 652-668

  Ashton, Nick ^a   Lewis, Simon G ^b   Parfitt, Simon A ^c,d   Penkman, Kirsty E H ^e   Russell Coope, G ^f  

^a BRITISH MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f Tigh na Cleirich   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE; ISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS;

MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE (MIS); TERRESTRIAL RECORDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE SHEET; INTERGLACIAL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; NEW RECORD; PALYNOLOGY; WOODLAND;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GREECE; HOXNE; SERRAI; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUFFOLK; TENAGHI PHILIPPON; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

COLEOPTERA; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 43049085947     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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