Quaternary vertebrates from Greenland: A review

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 899-909

  Bennike, Ole ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUATERNARY; VERTEBRATE FAUNA;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0031445591     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(97)00002-4     Document Type: Article

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