Relaxation time and the problem of the pleistocene

Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 276-292

  Holland, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine; Neutral theory; Pleistocene; Relaxation time; Sea level

Indexed keywords

HABITAT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879997341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d5020276     Document Type: Article

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