Evidence for the Blake Event recorded at the Eemian archaeological site of Caours, France

Quaternary International

Volumn 357, Issue , 2015, Pages 149-157

  Sier, Mark J ^a,b,c   Parés, Josep M ^b   Antoine, Pierre ^d   Locht, Jean Luc ^e   Dekkers, Mark J ^c   Limondin Lozouet, Nicole ^d   Roebroeks, Wil ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^e INRAP   (France)

Author keywords

Blake Event; Eemian; Last Interglacial; Neandertal occupation of Britain; Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 84924176355     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.05.022     Document Type: Article

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