Introduction: The west runton freshwater bed and the west runton mammoth

Quaternary International

Volumn 228, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Stuart, Anthony J ^a   Lister, Adrian M ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMOTH; PLEISTOCENE;

ENGLAND; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST RUNTON;

EID: 78249273584     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.07.035     Document Type: Article

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