Climatic and environmental reconstructions based on fossil assemblages from Middle Devensian (Weichselian) deposits of the river thames at South Kensington, Central London, UK

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1163-1195

  Coope, G R ^a   Gibbard, P L ^b   Hall, A R ^c   Preece, R C ^b   Robinson, J E ^d   Sutcliffe, A J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031411940     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(97)00025-5     Document Type: Article

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