Holocene aeolian dynamics in the European sand-belt as indicated by geochronological data

Boreas

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 408-421

  Tolksdorf, Johann Friedrich ^a   Kaiser, Knut ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOLIAN DEPOSIT; EOLIAN PROCESS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; NEOLITHIC; PALEOSOL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTATION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ELBE RIVER; GERMANY; NETHERLANDS;

BOREAS;

EID: 84862756304     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2012.00247.x     Document Type: Article

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