The loess-palaeosol succession of Kurtak (Yenisei basin, Siberia): A reference record for the Karga Stage (MIS 3)

Quaternaire

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-24

  Haesaerts, Paul ^a   Chekha, Vitaly P ^b   Damblon, Freddy ^a   Drozdov, Nicolaï I ^b   Orlova, Lyoba A ^c   Van der Plicht, Johannes ^d,e  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b ENERGY SYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central Siberia; Climatic succession; Karga Stage (MIS 3); Loess; Palynology; Radiocarbon chronology

Indexed keywords

LOESS; PALEOSOL; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SIBERIA; WORLD;

LARIX; PICEA;

EID: 20844451422     PISSN: 11422904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4000/quaternaire.171     Document Type: Article

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