A Late-Pleistocene phase Of Saharan dust deposition in the high apennine mountains (Italy)

Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 110-122

  Giraudi, Carlo ^a   Zanchetta, Giovanni ^b   Sulpizio, Roberto ^c  

^a ENEA CR Saluggia   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennine chain; Late pleistocene; Peninsular Italy; Saharan loess; Tephra layers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929142338     PISSN: 22797327     EISSN: 22797335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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