Climato-chronostratigraphic framework of pleistocene terrestrial and marine deposits of northern eurasia, based on pollen, electron spin resonance, and infrared optically stimulated luminescence analyses;Õietolmu-, elektron-paramagnetresonants- ja infrapunase kiirgusega optiliselt stimuleeritud luminestsentsanalüüsi andmetel põhinev Põhja-Euraasia Pleistotseeni maismaa ning mereliste setete klimato-kronostratigraafiline skeem

Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-62

  Molodkov, Anatoly ^a   Bolikhovskaya, Nataliya ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Climate chronostratigraphic framework; Correlation; Electron spin resonance; Palaeoclimatic record; Palynostratigraphy; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

BRUNHES CHRON; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FOSSIL RECORD; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN PLAIN;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 77949313597     PISSN: 17364728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3176/earth.2010.1.04     Document Type: Article

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