Shoreline reconstructions for the Persian Gulf since the last glacial maximum

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 43-57

  Lambeck, Kurt ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coastlines; Last glacial maximum; Neolithic; Paleogeography; Persian Gulf; Upper Paleolithic

Indexed keywords

COASTLINE; HUMAN MIGRATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NEOLITHIC; PALAEOLITHIC; SEA LEVEL; SHORELINE RECONSTRUCTION;

ARABIAN GULF; PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 0030438708     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00069-6     Document Type: Article

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