Stratigraphic and geochronologic contexts of mammoth (Mammuthus) and other Pleistocene fauna, Upper Missouri Basin (northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountains), U.S.A

Quaternary International

Volumn 142-143, Issue , 2006, Pages 87-106

  Hill, Christopher L ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

MISSOURI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; GYMNOCEPHALUS CERNUUS; ILLINOIA; MAMMUTHUS; MAMMUTHUS COLUMBI; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 26044439315     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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