Late-Holocene land surface change in a coupled social-ecological system, southern Iceland: A cross-scale tephrochronology approach

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-114

  Streeter, Richard ^a   Dugmore, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Geography School of Geosciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gr msv tn; Iceland; Little Ice Age; Resilience; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

ICELANDS; LITTLE ICE AGE; RESILIENCE; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS;

EROSION; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACCUMULATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; LAND SURFACE; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL EROSION; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRA; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ICELAND; SKAFTARTUNGA;

EID: 84892838664     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.12.016     Document Type: Article

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