Delayed deglaciation by downwasting of the northeast Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland: An application of the early postglacial pollen record

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 201-220

  Macpherson, Joyce Brown ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

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BETULA NANA; PICEA;

EID: 0001108275     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/033089ar     Document Type: Article

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