Late-glacial remains of woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) from Shropshire, UK: Stratigraphy, sedimentology and geochronology of the Condover site

Geological Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 392-413

  Scourse, J D ^a   Coope, G R ^b,g   Allen, J R M ^c   Lister, A M ^d   Housley, R A ^e,h   Hedges, R E M ^e   Jones, A S G ^a   Watkins, R ^f  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^g Tigh na Cleirich   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Condover; Extinction; Greenland interstadial; Late glacial; Vertebrate; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BONE; DEVENSIAN; EXTINCTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INTERSTADIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; MAMMOTH; MELTING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ARCTIC; CONDOVER; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; SHREWSBURY; SHROPSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 69949129889     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1163     Document Type: Article

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