Late Weichselian fluvio-aeolian sands and coversands of the type locality Grubbenvorst (southern Netherlands): Sedimentary environments, climate record and age

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 695-708

  Kasse, C ^a   Vandenberghe, D ^b   de Corte, F ^c   van den Haute, P ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Beuningen Gravel Bed; Coversand stratigraphy; Fluvio aeolian succession; Heinrich event H1; Lateglacial; OSL; Weichselian Pleniglacial

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HEINRICH EVENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; WEICHSELIAN;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRUBBENVORST; LIMBURG [NETHERLANDS]; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35348968435     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1087     Document Type: Article

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