Terrasses de la Riera dels Canyars (Gavà, Barcelona): The landscape of Heinrich Stadial 4 north of the " Ebro frontier" and implications for modern human dispersal into Iberia

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-48

  Daura, J ^a   Sanz, M ^a   Garcia N ^b,c   Allue E ^d,e   Vaquero, M ^d,e   Fierro, E ^f   Carrion J S ^f   Lopez Garcia J M ^d,e   Blain, H A ^d,e   Sanchez Marco A ^g   Valls, C ^a   Albert, R M ^a,h   Fornos J J ⁱ   Julia R ^j   Fullola, J M ^a   Zilhao J ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^g INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

^h INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^j INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Aurignacian; Heinrich Stadial 4; Iberian Peninsula; Neanderthals; Paleoenvironment; Upper Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

AURIGNACIAN; HEINRICH STADIAL 4; IBERIAN PENINSULA; NEANDERTHALS; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

CHARCOAL; FLOODS; HUMANITIES COMPUTING; ISOTOPES;

LANDFORMS;

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CARNIVORE; DEN; FELID; FLASH FLOOD; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOSSIL RECORD; HEINRICH EVENT; MIGRATION; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; STEPPE; TUNDRA; TYPOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EBRO DELTA; GAVA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PYRENEES; SPAIN; TARRAGONA [CATALONIA];

HOMO SAPIENS NEANDERTHALENSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84870316488     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.10.042     Document Type: Article

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