Late Cenozoic sequences of mammalian sites in Eurasia: An updated correlation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 259-288

  Fejfar, Oldrich ^a   Heinrich, Wolf Dieter ^b   Pevzner, M A ^c   Vangengeim, E A ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Eurasia; Faunal sequences; Geochronology; Late Cenozoic; Paleomammals

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOLOGY; FOSSIL MAMMAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAMMAL; NEOGENE; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

ASIA; EUROPE;

ARVICOLIDAE; ARVICOLINAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTINAE; MURIDAE; VALLESIA;

EID: 0030708596     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00085-0     Document Type: Article

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