A high-resolution record of the last deglaciation in the Central Mediterranean sea: Palaeovegetation and palaeohydrological evolution

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 303-317

  Combourieu Nebout, Nathalie ^a   Paterne, Martine ^b   Turon, Jean Louis ^b   Siani, Giuseppe ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; LAST DEGLACIATION; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0031871958     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(97)00039-5     Document Type: Article

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