Late Pleistocene colonization of North America from Northeast Asia: New insights from large-scale paleogeographic reconstructions

Quaternary International

Volumn 285, Issue , 2013, Pages 57-67

  Dixon, E James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAPPING; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSISTENCE;

CANADA; NORTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 84872136423     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.02.027     Document Type: Article

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