The Late Pleistocene clastic deposits in the Romito Cave, southern Italy: A proxy record of environmental changes and human presence

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-398

  Ghinassi, Massimiliano ^a   Colonese, Andrè C ^b   Di Giuseppe, Zelia ^b   Govoni, Lisa ^b   Lo Vetro, Domenico ^b   Malavasi, Giulia ^c   Martini, Fabio ^b   Ricciardi, Silvia ^c   Sala, Benedetto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cave sediments; Climate; Geoarchaeology; Late Pleistocene; LGM

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE DEPOSIT; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; UNCONFORMITY;

CALABRIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TYRRHENIAN COAST;

EID: 66249095189     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1236     Document Type: Article

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