Late Quaternary chronology and extinction of North American giant short-faced bears (Arctodus simus)

Quaternary International

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 188-194

  Schubert, Blaine W ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; BEAR; EXTINCTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

UNITED STATES;

ARCTODUS SIMUS;

EID: 77950520189     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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