Middle Pleistocene magnetostratigraphy and susceptibility stratigraphy: Data from a carbonate aeolian system, Mallorca, Western Mediterranean

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 16-17, 2004, Pages 1733-1756

  Nielsen, K A ^a   Clemmensen, L B ^a   Fornos J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SAND; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BEACH DEPOSITS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATIONS; SAND DEPOSITS; SOIL FORMATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 3342963576     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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