Loess and the record of Upper Palaeolithic cultures in the Danube Basin

Quaternary International

Volumn 351, Issue C, 2014, Pages 1-4

  Neugebauer Maresch, Christine ^a   Hambach, Ulrich ^b   Anghelinu, Mircea ^c  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c VALAHIA UNIVERSITY OF TARGOVISTE   (Romania)

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EID: 84927660579     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.10.041     Document Type: Editorial

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