Distinguishing between the late Middle Pleistocene interglacials of the British Isles: A multivariate approach to horse biostratigraphy

Quaternary International

Volumn 231, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 110-115

  van Asperen, Eline N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FAUNA; FLORA; HORSE; INTERGLACIAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLEISTOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 78751591243     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.06.029     Document Type: Article

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