Tectonic versus climatic control on the evolution of a loess-paleosol sequence at Beremend, Hungary: An integrated approach based on paleoecological, clay mineralogical, and geochemical data

Quaternary International

Volumn 240, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 71-86

  Varga, Andrea ^a,b   Újvári, Gábor ^c   Raucsik, Béla ^b  

^a Hortseed Ltd   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c GEODETIC AND GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLAY MINERAL; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEODYNAMICS; LOESS; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOSOL; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

HUNGARY;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 79959717782     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.10.032     Document Type: Article

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