Comment on "Environmental impact of the 73ka Toba super-eruption in South Asia" by M.A.J. Williams, S.H. Ambrose, S. van der Kaars, C. Ruehlemann, U. Chattopadhyaya, J. Pal and P.R. Chauhan [Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 284 (2009) 295-314]

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 199-203

  Haslam, Michael ^a   Petraglia, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dansgaard Oeschger; Genetic bottlenecks; India; Isotopes; Palaeoclimate; Toba volcano

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956058524     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.057     Document Type: Note

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