Re-interpretation of the Meikirch pollen record, Swiss Alpine Foreland, and implications for Middle Pleistocene chronostratigraphy

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 607-620

  Preusser, Frank ^a   Drescher Schneider, Ruth ^b   Fiebig, Markus ^c   Schlüchter, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Luminescene dating; Middle Pleistocene; Pollen; Sedimentology; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; STRATIGRAPHY;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

EID: 25444515984     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.930     Document Type: Article

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