IUGS ratification of the Quaternary System/Period and the Pleistocene Series/Epoch with a base at 2.58 MA

Quaternaire

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-412

  Gibbard, Philip L ^a   Head, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT; QUATERNARY; STANDARD (REFERENCE); STRATIGRAPHY; STRATOTYPE;

EID: 77049083405     PISSN: 11422904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/quaternaire.5289     Document Type: Article

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