Techniques and applications of plant macrofossil analysisin sea-level studies

Handbook of Sea-Level Research

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 181-190

  Waller, Martyn ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mangrove; Peat; Phragmites; Propagule; Quaternary; Saltmarsh; Tree ring; Trees; Vegetation succession; Wood

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PEAT; STRATIGRAPHY; WOOD;

MANGROVE; PHRAGMITES; PROPAGULE; QUATERNARY; SALT MARSHES; TREE RINGS; TREES; VEGETATION SUCCESSIONS;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 84977074218     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118452547.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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