Elephants, horses, humans, and others: Paleoenvironments of the Levantine land bridge

Israel Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 203-209

  Horowitz, Aharon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOZOIC; LAND BRIDGE; MAMMAL; MIGRATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0038709483     PISSN: 00212164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/YTDR-LW6B-VHR7-69PY     Document Type: Article

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