North Sea palaeogeographical reconstructions for the last 1 Ma

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 7-29

  Cohen, K M ^a,b,c   Gibbard, P L ^d   Weerts, H J T ^e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e Ministry of Education Culture and Science Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Palaeogeography; Quaternary; Southern North Sea

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

EID: 84906043877     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/njg.2014.12     Document Type: Review

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