Similarities among the Plio-Pleistocene terrestrial aeolian dust deposits in the World and in Hungary

Quaternary International

Volumn 234, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 98-108

  Varga, György ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLOBAL CHANGE; LOESS; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

ALASKA; CENTRAL ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHINA; HUNGARY; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951947463     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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