Mammoth and musk ox ESR-dated to the Early Midlandian at Aghnadarragh, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, and the age of the Fermanagh Stadial

Geological Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 306-320

  Lister, Adrian M ^a   Grün, Rainer ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Land bridges; Mammal fauna; Mammuthus; Ovibos; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE DATING; FAUNA; GLACIATION; MAMMAL; MAMMOTH; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MORPHOLOGY; QUATERNARY;

ANTRIM; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

MAMMALIA; MAMMUTHUS; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS; OVIBOS;

EID: 84927692457     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.2668     Document Type: Article

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