An isotopic study of a late Quaternary loess-paleosol sequence in SW Germany

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 88-93

  Pustovoytov, Konstantin ^a   Terhorst, Birgit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Late Quaternary; Loess paleosol sequence; Pedogenic carbonate; Radiocarbon age; Stable isotope; SW Germany

Indexed keywords

EID: 56249137602     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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