The Hamilton Bar Fauna: Evidence for a Hypsithermal age

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1487-1500

  Churcher, C S ^a,b,c   Karrow, P F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c University of Waterloo ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MAMMALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

GLACIAL LAKES; HAMILTON; ONTARIO; RADIOCARBON DATES;

MEATS;

AGE DETERMINATION; BONE; FAUNA; GLACIAL LAKE; HYPSITHERMAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS; VERTEBRATE;

CANADA; HAMILTON [ONTARIO]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

AMPHIBIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 60849102803     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-066     Document Type: Article

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