Ancient Eskimo dwelling sites and Holocene relative sea-level changes in southern Disko Bugt, central West Greenland

Polar Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-115

  Rasch, Morten ^a   Jensen, Jens Fog ^b  

^a Danish Agency for Science Technology and Innovation   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 0000235893     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.1997.tb00252.x     Document Type: Article

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