New radiocarbon dates from Finnish mammoths indicating large ice-free areas in Fennoscandia during the Middle Weichselian

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 711-714

  Ukkonen, Pirkko ^b   Lunkka, Juha Pekka ^a   Jungner, Högne ^b   Donner, Joakim ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

AMS radiocarbon dates; Finland; Mammoths; Middle Weichselian; Scandinavian Ice Sheet

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; ICE COVER; MAMMAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; WEICHSELIAN;

FINLAND; NORWAY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033368742     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199912)14:7<711::AID-JQS506>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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