AMS 14C analysis of Late Pleistocene non-analog faunal components from 21 cave deposits in southeastern North America

Quaternary International

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 240-255

  Semken Jr , Holmes A ^a   Graham, Russell W ^b   Stafford Jr , Thomas W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stafford Research Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE DEPOSIT; FAUNA; MAMMAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAPHONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77950517439     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.11.031     Document Type: Article

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