Recent developments and new frontiers in paleopedology

Quaternary International

Volumn 209, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Costantini, E A C ^a   Makeev, A ^b   Sauer, D ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 70349972013     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.08.005     Document Type: Editorial

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