Pedosedimentary division, rock magnetism and chronology of the loess/palaeosol sequence at Roxolany (Ukraine)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 143, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 111-133

  Tsatskin, A ^a   Heller, F ^b   Hailwood, E A ^c   Gendler, T S ^d   Hus, J ^e   Montgomery, P ^f   Sartori, M ^b   Virina, E I ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^e ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^g MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Black Sea area; Loess micromorphology; Magnetic susceptibility; Quaternary palaeosols

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LOESS; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSOL;

ROXOLANY; UKRAINE;

EID: 0032582572     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00073-X     Document Type: Article

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