The stratigraphic transition and suggested boundary between the Early and Middle Pleistocene in the loess record of northern Eurasia

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 247, Issue , 2005, Pages 209-219

  Dodonov, A E ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE;

EURASIA;

EID: 31344471307     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.247.01.11     Document Type: Review

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