Unique quaternary environment for discoveries of woolly rhinoceroses in Starunia, fore-Carpathian region, Ukraine: Geochemical and geoelectric studies

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 567-570

  Kotarba, Maciej J ^a   Dzieniewicz, Marek ^a   Mościcki, Włodzimierz J ^a   Sechman, Henryk ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

DC resistivity; Ozokerite; Pleistocene; Stable carbon isotopes; Surface geochemical survey; Ukraine; Woolly rhinoceros

Indexed keywords

DC RESISTIVITY; OZOKERITE; PLEISTOCENE; STABLE CARBON ISOTOPES; SURFACE GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; UKRAINE; WOOLLY RHINOCEROS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CLAY MINERALS; HYDROCARBONS; MAMMALS; MINING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ANIMALS;

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; MAMMAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; PRESERVATION;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UKRAINE;

ANIMALIA; COELODONTA ANTIQUITATIS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 50349092112     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24654A.1     Document Type: Article

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