The Quaternary System and its formal subdivision

Quaternary International

Volumn 383, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-3

  Head, Martin J ^a   Gibbard, Philip L ^b   van Kolfschoten, Thijs ^c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GSSPs; Quaternary; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944450218     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.06.038     Document Type: Editorial

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