The Quaternary: Its character and definition

Episodes

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 234-238

  Head, Martin J ^a   Gibbard, Philip ^b   Salvador, Amos ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; QUATERNARY;

EID: 48849112739     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2008/v31i2/009     Document Type: Article

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