Clay minerals of late Pleistocene sites (Jonzac and Les Cottés, SWFrance): Applications of X-ray diffraction analyses to local paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental reconstructions

Quaternary International

Volumn 302, Issue , 2013, Pages 184-198

  Frouin, Marine ^a   Ploquin, Florian ^b   Soressi, Marie ^c,d,e   Rendu, William ^f   Macchiarelli, Roberto ^b,g   El Albani, Abderrazak ^b   Meunier, Alain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX MONTAIGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c INRAP Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Inrap)   (France)

^f Maison de la Recherche   (France)

^g MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SHELTER;

FRANCE;

ANTIRHEA;

EID: 84879550234     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.12.011     Document Type: Article

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