Late Pleistocene Glacial Events in Beringia

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 191-201

  Elias, S A ^a   Brigham Grette, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Bering Land Bridge; Beringia; Kamchatka; Late Wisconsin glaciation; Sartan glaciation; Siberia; Zyryan glaciation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013261607     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00116-3     Document Type: Chapter

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