Stratigraphy and palaeopedology of the palaeolithic cave site of Combe-Saunière, southwest France

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 432-449

  Ajas, Aurélie ^a   Bertran, Pascal ^a,b   Lemée, Laurent ^c   Queffelec, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b INRAP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAVE DEPOSIT; CONIFEROUS TREE; FUNGUS; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; LAST INTERGLACIAL; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOSS; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOLITHIC; PALEOSOL; PEDOLOGY; SOIL CRUST;

FRANCE;

EID: 84881551851     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21451     Document Type: Article

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