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Palaeoenvironments during MIS 3 and MIS 2 inferred from lacustrine intercalations in the loess–palaeosol sequence at Bobingen (southern Germany)
Christoph Mayr
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Palaeontology and Geobiology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80333 München, Germany
GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80333 München, Germany
Renate Matzke-Karasz
Palaeontology and Geobiology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80333 München, Germany
GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80333 München, Germany
Philipp Stojakowits
Institute of Geography, Universität Augsburg, Alter Postweg 118, 86135 Augsburg, Germany
Sally E. Lowick
Institute for Geological Sciences, Universität Bern, Baltzerstrasse 1 + 3, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Bernd Zolitschka
Universität Bremen, Institute of Geography, Geomorphology and Polar Research (GEOPOLAR), Celsiusstr. 2, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Tanja Heigl
Palaeontology and Geobiology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80333 München, Germany
Richard Mollath
Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Marian Theuerkauf
Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Marc-Oliver Weckend
Palaeontology and Geobiology, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80333 München, Germany
Rupert Bäumler
Institute of Geography, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Wetterkreuz 15, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
Hans-Joachim Gregor
Daxerstr. 21, 81240 Olching, Germany
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