Current continental palaeoclimatic research in the Nordic region (100 years since Gunnar Andersson 1909) - Introduction

Boreas

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 649-654

  Seppä, Heikki ^a   Birks, H John B ^b,c   Bjune, Anne E ^b   Nesje, Atle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78049232306     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00170.x     Document Type: Editorial

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