Provenance and depositional environments of Quaternary sediments from the western North Sea Basin

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-75

  Davies, Bethan J ^a,b   Roberts, David H ^a   Bridgland, David R ^a   Cofaigh, Colm Ó ^a   Riding, James B ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Micromorphology; North Sea; Provenance; Quaternary; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOCENE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; HEAVY MINERAL; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; SCANDINAVIAN ICE SHEET; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT; TILL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GRAMPIAN HIGHLANDS; NORTH SEA; SCOTLAND; SOUTHERN UPLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78751530297     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1426     Document Type: Article

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