Middle and Late Pleistocene loess-palaeosol archives in East Croatia: multi-proxy palaeoecological studies on Zmajevac and Šarengrad II sequences

Molnár, Dávid; Makó, László; Cseh, Péter; Sümegi, Pál; Fekete, István; Galović, Lidija

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Title

Middle and Late Pleistocene loess-palaeosol archives in East Croatia: multi-proxy palaeoecological studies on Zmajevac and Šarengrad II sequences

Journal title

Studia Quaternaria

Yearbook

2021

Volume

vol. 38

Issue

No 1

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Authors

Molnár, Dávid ; Makó, László ; Cseh, Péter ; Sümegi, Pál ; Fekete, István ; Galović, Lidija

Keywords

palaeoecology ; malacology ; sedimentology ; Šarengrad ; Zmajevac ; Croatia

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Nauki o Ziemi

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3-17

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Committee for Quaternary Research PAS ; Institute of Geological Sciences PAS

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Date

2021.04.08

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Article

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DOI: 10.24425/sq.2020.133758

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Studia Quaternaria; 2021; vol. 38; No 1; 3-17

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