The climate and landscape of the middle part of the Weichselian glaciation in Europe: The Stage 3 Project

Quaternary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 2-8

  van Andel, Tjeerd H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glacial palaeoclimates; Neanderthal extinction; Oxygen isotope stage 3; Palaeolithic database; Paleoclimate models; Paleolithic; Weichselian Glaciation

Indexed keywords

GLACIATION; LANDSCAPE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; WEICHSELIAN;

EUROPE;

EID: 0036462240     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2294     Document Type: Article

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