ESR ages of three Lithuanian mid-late Pleistocene interglacials methodical and stratigraphical approach

Geochronometria

Volumn 21, Issue , 2002, Pages 57-64

  Gaigalas, Algirdas ^a   Molodkov, Anatoly ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Electron spin resonance; Interglacials; Lithuania; Mid Late pleistocene; Mollusc

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976460891     PISSN: 17338387     EISSN: 18971695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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