Port Eliza cave: North American West Coast interstadial environment and implications for human migrations

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1383-1388

  Ward, B C ^a   Wilson, M C ^b   Nagorsen, D W ^c,e   Nelson, D E ^a   Driver, J C ^a   Wigen, R J ^d  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DOUGLAS COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c ROYAL BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e Mammalia Biological Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVES; NUTRITION; RADIOMETRY;

COASTAL MIGRATION;

GLACIERS;

CAVE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INTERSTADIAL; MIGRATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PORT ELIZA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

AVES; CERVIDAE; MARMOTA; MARTES AMERICANA; MURIDAE; SCIURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038081309     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(03)00092-1     Document Type: Article

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