Formal status and vegetational development of the Eemian interglacial in northwestern and southern Europe

Quaternary Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-44

  Turner, Charles ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eemian; Last interglacial; Stratotype; Vegetational development

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EEMIAN; LAST INTERGLACIAL; PALYNOLOGY; STRATOTYPE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0036665864     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2002.2365     Document Type: Article

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