Loess stratigraphy using palaeomagnetism: Application to the Poiana Cireşului archaeological site (Romania)

Quaternary International

Volumn 240, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 100-107

  Zeeden, Christian ^a   Hambach, Ulrich ^a   Steguweit, Leif ^b   Anghelinu, Mircea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Facultatea de Stiinte Umaniste   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PEDOGENESIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SECULAR VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ROMANIA;

POIANA;

EID: 79959740410     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.08.018     Document Type: Article

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