Uncertainty in oxygen isotope stage 11 sea-level: An estimate of ~13 ± 2 m from Great Britain

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 137, Issue , 2003, Pages 131-144

  Bowen, D Q ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 66249113406     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/137GM10     Document Type: Chapter

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