The late Quaternary loess record of Tokaj, Hungary: Reconstructing palaeoenvironment, vegetation and climate using stable C and N isotopes and biomarkers

Quaternary International

Volumn 240, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 52-61

  Schatz, Ann Kathrin ^a   Zech, Michael ^a,b   Buggle, Björn ^b   Gulyás, Sándor ^c   Hambach, Ulrich ^b   Marković, Slobodan B ^d   Sümegi, Pál ^c   Scholten, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LOESS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

CARPATHIAN BASIN; HUNGARY; TOKAJ MOUNTAINS; TOKAJ-EPERJES MOUNTAINS;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79959691175     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.10.009     Document Type: Article

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