Late Pleistocene climates of Beringia, based on analysis of fossil beetles

Quaternary Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 229-235

  Elias, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BERINGIA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLEISTOCENE;

ALASKA; CANADA; UNITED STATES;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0034052674     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2093     Document Type: Article

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