Radiocarbon age anomalies in pre- and post-bomb land snails from the coastal Mediterranean Basin

Radiocarbon

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 817-826

  Quarta, G ^a   Romaniello, L ^b   D'Elia, M ^a   Mastronuzzi, G ^b   Calcagnile, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERNUELLA VIRGATA; GASTROPODA; STYLOMMATOPHORA; THEBA PISANA;

EID: 75849144104     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200042697     Document Type: Article

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