Was there a '4.2ka event' in Great Britain and Ireland? Evidence from the peatland record

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-27

  Roland, T P ^a,b   Caseldine, C J ^b   Charman, D J ^b   Turney, C S M ^c   Amesbury, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

2.8ka event; 4.2ka event; Abrupt and extreme climate change; Great Britain and Ireland; Hekla 4; Multi proxy; Peatlands; Testate amoebae

Indexed keywords

2.8KA EVENT; 4.2KA EVENT; EXTREME CLIMATES; HEKLA 4; IRELAND; MULTI PROXIES; PEAT LAND; TESTATE AMOEBAE;

BIODEGRADATION; PEAT; PROTOZOA; WETLANDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HUMIFICATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PEATLAND; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84887908666     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.024     Document Type: Article

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