The Late-Devensian proglacial Lake Humber: New evidence from littoral deposits at Ferrybridge, Yorkshire, England

Boreas

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-210

  Bateman, Mark D ^a   Buckland, Paul C ^b   Chase, Brian ^c   Frederick, Charles D ^d   Gaunt, Geoff D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Den Bank Close   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; DEVENSIAN; EXCAVATION; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE SHEET; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MORAINE; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SAND AND GRAVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; NORTH YORKSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALE OF YORK; WESTERN EUROPE; YORKSHIRE;

EID: 59049088396     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2007.00013.x     Document Type: Article

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