An early Holocene Greenland whale from Melville Bugt, Greenland

Quaternary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 72-76

  Bennike, Ole ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Balaena mysticetus; Bowhead; Greenland; Greenland whale; Holocene

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIER RETREAT; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; WHALE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; CETACEA;

EID: 38349128456     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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