Correlation of English and German Middle Pleistocene fluvial sequences based n mammalian biostratigraphy

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 81, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 357-373

  Schreve, D C ^a   Bridgland, D R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Mammals; Middle Pleistocene; River terraces

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; MAMMAL; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER TERRACE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ENGLAND; GERMANY; THAMES VALLEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036944266     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016774600022654     Document Type: Article

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