An integrated lake-catchment approach for determining sediment source changes at Aqualate Mere, Central England

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-232

  Pittam, Nathan J ^a   Foster, Ian D L ^b,c   Mighall, Tim M ^d  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment source tracing; Environmental magnetism; Landscape disturbance; Mere; Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; ALLOCHTHON; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANAL; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HISTORICAL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TOPSOIL;

AQUALATE MERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; STAFFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71449089282     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9272-9     Document Type: Article

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