The Toba volcanic super-eruption of 74,000 years ago: Climate change, environments, and evolving humans

Quaternary International

Volumn 258, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-4

  Petraglia, Michael D ^a   Korisettar, Ravi ^b   Pal, J N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

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EID: 84859269816     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.12.001     Document Type: Editorial

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