Early Holocene loessic colluviation in northwest England: New evidence for the 8.2 ka event in the terrestrial record?

Boreas

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-115

  Vincent, Peter J ^a   Lord, Tom C ^a   Telfer, Matt W ^b   Wilson, Peter ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FLOODING; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SILT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78650369212     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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