A pollen-analytical Late Glacial/Holocene transition in a Southern Tunisian site;Transition palynologique tardiglaciaire/holocene dans un site de tunisie méridionale

Archives des Sciences et Compte Rendu Seances de la Societe

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-26

  Medus, Jacques ^a   Laval, Hélène ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Holocene; Late glacial; Palynological; Transition; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347137304     PISSN: 02529289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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