Lowland floodplain responses to extreme flood events: Long-term studies and short-term microbial community response to water environment impacts

Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites

Volumn 14, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 126-149

  Lillie, Malcolm ^a   Soler, Isabel ^b   Smith, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

In situ preservation; Lowland floodplains; Microbiology; Monitoring; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873929991     PISSN: 13505033     EISSN: 17535522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1350503312Z.00000000011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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