Paleoclimate and weathering of the Tokaj (Hungary) loess-paleosol sequence

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 426, Issue , 2015, Pages 170-182

  Schatz, Ann Kathrin ^a   Scholten, Thomas ^a   Kühn, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carpathian Basin; Loess; Paleoclimate; Paleosol; Transfer function; Weathering index

Indexed keywords

LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TRACE ELEMENT; TRANSFER FUNCTION; WEATHERING;

CARPATHIAN BASIN; HUNGARY; TOKAJ MOUNTAINS; TOKAJ-EPERJES MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84925452838     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.03.016     Document Type: Article

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