Collection of radiocarbon dates on the mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) and other genera of Wrangel Island, northeast Siberia, Russia

Quaternary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-59

  Vartanyan, Sergey L ^a   Arslanov, Khikmat A ^b   Karhu, Juha A ^c   Possnert, Göran ^d   Sulerzhitsky, Leopold D ^e  

^a St Petersburg State University ^*  (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Beringia; Mammoth; Mammoth fauna; Radiocarbon; Wrangel Island

Indexed keywords

BONE; EXTINCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOLOCENE; MAMMOTH; RADIOCARBON DATING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EURASIA; MAGADAN [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA; WRANGEL ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; BISON; COELODONTA ANTIQUITATIS; EQUIDAE; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS;

EID: 46149109445     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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