Towards a synopsis of dating the loess from the Romanian Plain and Dobrogea: Authors and methods through time

Geo-Eco-Marina

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 153-172

  Rǎdan, Sorin Corneliu ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF ROMANIA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Chinese Loess Plateau; Glacial Interglacial periods; Loess; Loess dating methods; Lower Danube Basin Loess; Luminescence optical dating methods; Magnetic susceptibility record; Magnetostratigraphy; Marine oxygen isotope stages; Matuyama Brunhes boundary; Palaeosol sequences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872192278     PISSN: 12246808     EISSN: 22482776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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