Middle Pleistocene stratigraphy in the light of data from the Vilkiskes site, eastern Lithuania

Polish Geological Institute Special Papers

Volumn 16, Issue , 2005, Pages 94-102

  Satkunas, Jonas ^a   Molodkov, Anatoly ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Lithuania   (Lithuania)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Drenthe Warthe Interstadial; Eastern Lithuania; Lacustrine sedimentation; OSL dating; Quaternary; Sandy deposits; Vilkiskes ice free interval

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; INTERSTADIAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 29544437150     PISSN: 15079791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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