Some personal perspectives on the role of Quaternary science in global change studies

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 3-9

  Oldfield, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glacial; Global; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

QUATERNARY;

EID: 0348252393     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(03)00094-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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