Aeolian sand movement and relative sea-level rise in Ho Bugt, western Denmark, during the 'Little Ice Age'

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 951-965

  Szkornik, Katie ^a,c   Gehrels, W Roland ^a   Murray, Andrew S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; Aeolian sand movement; Coastal dunes; Denmark; Diatoms; Ho Bugt; North Sea; Salt marsh; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DUNE; EOLIAN PROCESS; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SAND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; HO BUGT; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; RIBE; SCANDINAVIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 52649136584     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608091800     Document Type: Article

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