The Vallparadís section (Terrassa, Iberian Peninsula) and the latest Villafranchian faunas of Europe

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 27-28, 2010, Pages 3972-3982

  Madurell Malapeira, J ^a   Minwer Barakat, R ^a   Alba, D M ^a   Garces M ^b   Gomez M ^c   Aurell Garrido, J ^a   Ros Montoya, S ^d   Moya Sola S ^a   Berastegui X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Institut Geologic de Catalunya   (Spain)

^d Museo de Prehistoria y Paleontologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS;

CARBONIZED WOODS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; COMPOSITE SECTIONS; EARLY PLEISTOCENE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; WESTERN EUROPE;

STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRUNHES CHRON; CARNIVORE; ELEPHANT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MATUYAMA CHRON; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN; TERRASSA;

ELEPHAS ANTIQUUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78549254127     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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