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Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 606-619

  Rousseau, D D ^a   Derbyshire, E ^b   Antoine, P ^c   Hatte C ^d  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Arizona ^*  (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrupt climatic changes; Atmospheric circulation; Carbon isotopes; Climatic cycles; Definition of loess; Eolian deposits; Europe; Grain size; Greenland ice core dust record; Multiproxy investigations; North Atlantic climatic variations; Pedostratigraphy; Terrestrial mollusks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940661483     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53643-3.00158-8     Document Type: Chapter

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