Evolution of views on Quaternary stratigraphic scales worked out in the Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 674-684

  Vangengeim, E A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

mammal assemblages; Pliocene; principles of subdivision; Quaternary (Anthropogene); Quaternary lower boundary; Russia (USSR)

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MAMMAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PLIOCENE; QUATERNARY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 78650447406     PISSN: 08695938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0869593810060067     Document Type: Article

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