Late Pleistocene to Holocene evolution of the Emba Delta , Kazakhstan , and coastline of the north-eastern Caspian Sea : Sediment , ostracods , pollen and dino fl agellate cyst records

a KrA Stratigraphic Ltd., 116 Albert Drive, Deganwy, Conwy LL31 9YY, United Kingdom b Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED), University of Amsterdam, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands c Geological Survey Canada-Atlantic, Box 2008, Dartmouth NS B2Y 4A2, Canada d ISMER, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski QC G5L 3A1, Canada e StrataData Ltd., 17 The Bothy, Ottershaw Park, Surrey KT16 0QG, United Kingdom f Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia g Delft University of Technology, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands h Deltares, Princetonlaan 6, 3508 AL Utrecht, The Netherlands i Centrica Energy (E&P), Justice Mill Lane, Aberdeen AB11 6EQ, United Kingdom

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