Vertebrate Tracks in Pleistocene Eolian Sand-Sheet Deposits of Alaska

Quaternary Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 226-240

  Lea, Peter D ^a  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIODACTYLA; LAMIINAE; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

AEOLIAN SEDIMENT; GRAZING HABITAT; PALAEOECOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION; PLEISTOCENE (UPPER); SAND SHEET; VERTEBRATE TRACK;

USA, ALASKA, KANTISHNA; USA, ALASKA, NUSHAGAK;

EID: 0030470901     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.0023     Document Type: Article

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