The loess sequence of Dolní Věstonice, Czech Republic: A new OSL-based chronology of the Last Climatic Cycle

Boreas

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 664-677

  Fuchs, Markus ^a   Kreutzer, Sebastian ^a   Rousseau, Denis Didier ^b,c   Antoine, Pierre ^d   Hatté, Christine ^e   Lagroix, France ^f   Moine, Olivier ^d   Gauthier, Caroline ^e   Svoboda, Jiri ^g   Lisá, Lenka ^h  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GÉOGRAPHIE PHYSIQUE   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^g Institute of Archaeology   (Czech Republic)

^h INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CYCLE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LOESS; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PEDOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; QUARTZ; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSITION ZONE;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 84879521155     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2012.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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