Lower to middle Weichselian pedogenesis and palaeoclimate in Central Europe using combined micromorphology and geochemistry: The loess-paleosol sequence of Alsheim (Mainz Basin, Germany)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-58

  Kühn, Peter ^a   Techmer, Astrid ^b   Weidenfeller, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c Landesamt fur Geologie und Bergbau Rheinland Pfalz   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europe; Geochemistry; Loess; Micromorphology; Palaeoprecipitation; Palaeotemperature; Particle size distribution

Indexed keywords

EUROPE; LOESS; MICROMORPHOLOGIES; PALAEOPRECIPITATION; PALAEOTEMPERATURE;

DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOILS; WEATHERING;

SEDIMENTS;

DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PEDOGENESIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL HORIZON; WEATHERING; WEICHSELIAN;

GERMANY; MAINZ BASIN; RHINELAND-PALATINATE;

EID: 84879522110     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.05.019     Document Type: Article

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