Terrestrial and freshwater carbonates in Hoxnian interglacial deposits, UK: micromorphology, stable isotopic composition and palaeoenvironmental significance

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-57

  Candy, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Hoxnian; Middle pleistocene; MIS 11; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HOXNIAN; INTERGLACIAL; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSIT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67649505435     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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