Loess chronology of the Caspian Lowland in Northern Iran

Quaternary International

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 220-233

  Frechen, Manfred ^a   Kehl, Martin ^b   Rolf, Christian ^a   Sarvati, Reza ^c   Skowronek, Armin ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 62549153960     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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