Climatic stages recorded in sediments of the Gunang Cave, South Korea

Quaternary International

Volumn 313-314, Issue , 2013, Pages 194-209

  Kim, J Y ^a   Krivonogov, S K ^a,b   Lee, Y J ^c   Woo, J Y ^c   Oh, K C ^d   Yang, D Y ^a   Kim, J C ^e   Safonova, I Y ^a,b   Yamamoto, M ^f  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c Korea Institute of Prehistory Cultural Heritage   (South Korea)

^d Quaternary Environment Research   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; STRATIGRAPHY;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84886728803     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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