The dating of Doggerland - Post-glacial geochronology of the southern North Sea

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-218

  Ward, Ingrid ^a   Larcombe, Piers ^b   Lillie, Malcolm ^c  

^a ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geochronology; Palaeoenvironment; Sea level; Southern North Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 56149093265     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174963106x123214     Document Type: Article

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