Lateglacial to early Holocene multiproxy record from Loch Assynt, NW Scotland

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-116

  Boomer, Ian ^a   Von Grafenstein, Ulrich ^b   Moss, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

GISP2; Holocene; Lateglacial; Loch Assynt; Magnetic susceptibility; Scotland

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GRIP; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTATION; WATER DEPTH; YOUNGER DRYAS;

HIGHLAND; LOCH ASSYNT; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 84855916680     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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