The Quaternary is here to stay

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-8

  Bowen, D Q ^a   Gibbard, Philip L ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Global Stratigraphic Timescale; Pleistocene; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 33846282330     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1082     Document Type: Review

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