The definition of the quaternary system/ERA and the pleistocene series/epoch

Quaternaire

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-133

  Gibbard, Philip ^a   Head, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; GLACIATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY; RESEARCH; STRATOTYPE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 69249222798     PISSN: 11422904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/quaternaire.5086     Document Type: Article

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