Radiocarbon dating of late pleistocene marine shells from the southern North Sea

Radiocarbon

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1151-1166

  Busschers, F S ^a   Wesselingh, F P ^b   Kars, R H ^c   Versluijs Helder, M ^d   Wallinga, J ^c,e   Bosch, J H A ^a   Timmner, J ^a   Nierop, K G J ^d   Meijer, T ^b,f   Bunnik, F P M ^a   De Wolf, H ^f  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f WMC Kwartair Consultants   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84906851236     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/56.16505     Document Type: Article

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