Climatically forced vegetation dynamics in eastern North America during the late Quaternary Period

Developments in Quaternary Science

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2003, Pages 459-478

  Webb III, Thompson ^a   Shuman, Bryan ^a   Williams, John W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956739133     PISSN: 15710866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1571-0866(03)01021-2     Document Type: Review

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