Direct terrestrial-marine correlation demonstrates surprisingly late onset of the last interglacial in central Europe

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 213-218

  Sier, Mark J ^a,b,c   Roebroeks, Wil ^a   Bakels, Corrie C ^a   Dekkers, Mark J ^b   Brühl, Enrico ^d,e   De Loecker, Dimitri ^a   Gaudzinski Windheuser, Sabine ^e,f   Hesse, Norbert ^d   Jagich, Adam ^a   Kindler, Lutz ^e   Kuijper, Wim J ^a   Laurat, Thomas ^d,e   Mücher, Herman J ^d   Penkman, Kirsty E H ^g   Richter, Daniel ^h   van Hinsbergen, Douwe J J ⁱ  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^d Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie ^*  (Netherlands)

^e Forschungsbereich Altsteinzeit   (Germany)

^f JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blake Event; Eemian; Last interglacial; MIS 5e; Palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

BLAKE EVENT; EEMIAN; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MIS 5E; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETISM;

EEMIAN; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MARINE RECORD; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRATIGRAPHY;

GERMANY;

EID: 78751579236     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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