Late pleistocene gray whales (eschrichtius robustus) offshore georgia, u.s.a., and the antiquity of gray whale migration in the north atlantic ocean

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 392, Issue , 2013, Pages 502-509

  Noakes, Scott E ^a   Pyenson, Nicholas D ^b,c   McFall, Greg ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Fossil; Gray whale; Migration; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; FOSSIL RECORD; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SHELL; WHALE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GEORGIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SAINT CATHERINES ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887585588     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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