The coastal shelf of the Mediterranean and beyond: Corridor and refugium for human populations in the Pleistocene

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 23-24, 2008, Pages 2095-2099

  Bailey, Geoff ^a   Carrión, José S ^b   Fa, Darren A ^c   Finlayson, Clive ^c   Finlayson, Geraldine ^c   Rodríguez Vidal, Joaquín ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c Gibraltar Museum   (Gibraltar)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

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EID: 55949134908     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.08.005     Document Type: Editorial

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