Palaeopedological marker horizons in northern central Europe: Characteristics of Lateglacial Usselo and Finow soils

Boreas

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 591-609

  Kaiser, Knut ^a   Hilgers, Alexandra ^b   Schlaak, Norbert ^c   Jankowski, Michał ^d   Kühn, Peter ^e   Bussemer, Sixten ^f   Przegietka, Krzysztof ^d  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c Geology and Resources Brandenburg   (Germany)

^d University of Toru   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEROD; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PEDOLOGY; PREBOREAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 73849092266     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2008.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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