Formal definition of the Quaternary System/Period and redefinition of the Pleistocene Series/Epoch

Episodes

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 159-163

  Finney, Stanley C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCE; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION; PLEISTOCENE; STANDARD (REFERENCE); STRATOTYPE;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 79251535056     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2010/v33i3/003     Document Type: Article

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