Characterising and dating Weichselian organogenic sediments: A case study from the Lusatian ice marginal valley (Scheibe opencast mine, eastern Germany)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 205, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 273-294

  Hiller, A ^a,f   Junge, F W ^b   Geyh, M A ^c   Krbetschek, M ^d   Kremenetski, C ^e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Saxon Academy of Science in Leipzig   (Germany)

^c Saxon Academy of Science in Leipzig ^*  (Germany)

^d Saxon Academy of Science in Leipzig   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^f Institute of Interdisciplinary Isotope Research   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Dating; Eastern Germany; Organic sediments; Paleoecology; Weichselian

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; WEICHSELIAN;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LUSATIA;

EID: 1842537935     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2003.12.012     Document Type: Article

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