The West Runton Freshwater Bed and the West Runton Mammoth: Summary and conclusions

Quaternary International

Volumn 228, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 241-248

  Stuart, A J ^a   Lister, A 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: 78249286213     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.07.033     Document Type: Article

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