Sedimentological and Stratigraphic Observations in El Mirón, a Late Quaternary Cave Site in the Cantabrian Cordillera, Northern Spain

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 603-630

  Straus, Lawrence G ^a   González Morales, Manuel ^b   Farrand, William R ^c   Hubbard, William J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CAVE; DISTURBANCE; EOLIAN PROCESS; FACIES; LIMESTONE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOLITHIC; SEDIMENTOLOGY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

COLOMBIA; CORDILLERA CENTRAL [COLOMBIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 18044404298     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.1012     Document Type: Article

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