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15 Dec 2010
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Late Holocene climate variability in the southwestern Mediterranean region: an integrated marine and terrestrial geochemical approach
C. Martín-Puertas
German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ), Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
F. Jiménez-Espejo
Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Univ. de Granada, Campus Fuentenueva, 18002 Granada, Spain
F. Martínez-Ruiz
Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Univ. de Granada, Campus Fuentenueva, 18002 Granada, Spain
V. Nieto-Moreno
Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Univ. de Granada, Campus Fuentenueva, 18002 Granada, Spain
M. Rodrigo
Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Univ. de Granada, Campus Fuentenueva, 18002 Granada, Spain
M. P. Mata
Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Área de cambio global, C/ La Calera, 28760, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain
B. L. Valero-Garcés
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Apdo 13034, 50080, Zaragoza, Spain
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