A review of the Holocene environmental history of Iceland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-92

  Gudmundsson, Hjalti J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; GLACIER FLUCTUATION; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE ENVIRONMENT;

ICELAND;

EID: 0030620972     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(96)00043-1     Document Type: Review

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