Climatic interpretation of terrestrial malacofaunas of the last interglacial in southeastern France

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 321-336

  Rousseau, Denis Didier ^a,b   Puisségur, Jean Jacques ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alps; Eemian; France; Paleoclimates; Terrestrial mollusks

Indexed keywords

LAST INTERGLACIAL; MOLLUSC; PALEOCLIMATE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

FRANCE;

EID: 0345211457     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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