Late Holocene ecohydrological and carbon dynamics of a UK raised bog: Impact of human activity and climate change

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-85

  Turner, T Edward ^a   Swindles, Graeme T ^a   Roucoux, Katherine H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Holocene; Human influence; Multiproxy; Peatland; UK

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CHANGES; HOLOCENES; HUMAN INFLUENCES; MULTI PROXIES; PEATLAND; UK;

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CHARCOAL; GEOCHEMISTRY; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WETLANDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOHYDROLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMIFICATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; RAISED BOG; SUNSPOT; WATER TABLE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84890030077     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.030     Document Type: Article

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