Multidisciplinary characterization of the middle Holocene eolian deposits of the Elsa River basin (central Italy)

Quaternary International

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 107-130

  Costantini, E A C ^a   Priori, S ^b   Urban, B ^c   Hilgers, A ^d   Sauer, D ^e   Protano, G ^b   Trombino, L ^f   Hulle D ^d   Nannoni, F ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; DESERTIFICATION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALEOSOL; PALYNOMORPH; PARENT MATERIAL; PEDOGENESIS; PEDOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PROFILE; WATER EROSION; WIND EROSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

EID: 70349917869     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.02.025     Document Type: Article

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