Paleoenvironmental fluctuations as recorded in the loess-paleosol sequence of the Upper Paleolithic site Krems-Wachtberg

Quaternary International

Volumn 351, Issue C, 2014, Pages 67-82

  Terhorst, B ^a   Kuhn P ^b   Damm, B ^c   Hambach, U ^d   Meyer Heintze, S ^a   Sedov, S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VECHTA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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EID: 84912020506     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.03.045     Document Type: Article

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