Multi-proxy Holocene palaeoclimate records from Walton Moss, northern England and Dosenmoor, northern Germany, assessed using three statistical approaches

Quaternary International

Volumn 268, Issue , 2012, Pages 111-127

  Daley, T J ^a   Barber, K E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PEATLAND; PLANT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ENGLAND; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84863871148     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.10.026     Document Type: Article

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