Late-glacial climate and ecology of a kettle section at Brampton, Ontario, Canada, as determined from fossil Coleoptera

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 926-934

  Motz, John E ^a   Morgan, Alan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE ASSEMBLAGE; COLEOPTERA; FOSSIL BEETLE; KETTLE HOLE; LATE GLACIAL; PALAEOCLIMATE;

CANADA, ONTARIO, BRAMPTON;

EID: 0031413526     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-077     Document Type: Article

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