Genesis of loess-like sediments and soils at the foothills of the Banat Mountains, Romania - Examples from the Paleolithic sites Româneşti and Coşava

Quaternary International

Volumn 351, Issue C, 2014, Pages 213-230

  Kels, Holger ^a   Protze, Jens ^a   Sitlivy, Valéry ^b   Hilgers, Alexandra ^b   Zander, Anja ^b   Anghelinu, Mircea ^c   Bertrams, Manuel ^a   Lehmkuhl, Frank ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c VALAHIA UNIVERSITY OF TARGOVISTE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Albeluvisol; Banat; Fragipan; Loess like sediments; Luminescence dating; Upper Paleolithic Aurignacian

Indexed keywords

HOMO SAPIENS;

EID: 84927692540     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.04.063     Document Type: Article

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