Loess chronology of the Middle and Upper Pleistocene in Tadjikistan

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-20

  Frechen, M ^a   Dodonov, A E ^b  

^a Francis Close Hall   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Accumulation rates; Central Asia; Chronology; Loess; Luminescence dating; Paleoclimate; Paleosols; Pleistocene; Stratigraphy; Tadjikistan

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749157095     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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