Palaeoecology of human impact during the historic period: Palynology and geochemistry of a peat deposit at Abbeyknockmoy, Co. Galway, Ireland

Holocene

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 721-731

  Lomas Clarke, Sarah H ^a   Barber, Keith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Historical period; Human impact; Ireland; Late Holocene; Palaeoecology; Pollen analysis; Silicon and titanium analyses; Tephra

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PEATLAND;

CONNACHT; COUNTY GALWAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHRISTIA; FRAXINUS;

EID: 4544253007     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683604hl750rp     Document Type: Article

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