Luminescence based loess chronostratigraphy of the Upper Palaeolithic site Krems-Wachtberg, Austria

Quaternary International

Volumn 351, Issue C, 2014, Pages 88-97

  Lomax, Johanna ^a,c   Fuchs, Markus ^a   Preusser, Frank ^b   Fiebig, Markus ^c  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

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EID: 84912053071     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.10.037     Document Type: Article

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