Sediment sequence and site formation processes at the Arbreda Cave, NE Iberian Peninsula, and implications on human occupation and climate change during the Last Glacial

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1673-1692

  Kehl, M ^a   Eckmeier, E ^b,c   Franz, S O ^b   Lehmkuhl, F ^c   Soler, J ^d   Soler, N ^d   Reicherter, K ^c   Weniger, G C ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^e Neanderthal Museum   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DISCONTINUITY; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAKE; LAST GLACIAL; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOUSTERIAN; PALEOLITHIC; REWORKING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 84907033499     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-1673-2014     Document Type: Article

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