The Microstratigraphic Record of Abrupt Climate Changes in Cave Sediments of the Western Mediterranean

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 467-499

  Courty, Marie Agnès ^a   Vallverdu, Josep ^b  

^a Département AGER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CAVE; DANSGAARD-OESCHGER CYCLE; EOLIAN PROCESS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HEINRICH EVENT; PEDOGENESIS; SOIL COVER; STRATIGRAPHY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

MOROCCO; SPAIN;

EID: 0000779879     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.1002     Document Type: Article

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