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Sediment sequence and site formation processes at the Arbreda Cave, NE Iberian Peninsula, and implications on human occupation and climate change during the Last Glacial
Institute of Geography, University of Cologne, Otto-Fischer-Str. 4, 50674 Cologne, Germany
E. Eckmeier
INRES-Soil Science, University of Bonn, Nussallee 13, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Department of Geography, Physical Geography and Geoecology, RWTH Aachen University, Wüllnerstraße 5b, 52056 Aachen, Germany
S. O. Franz
Steinmann Institute for Geology, Mineralogy and Palaeontology, University of Bonn, Nussallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany
F. Lehmkuhl
Department of Geography, Physical Geography and Geoecology, RWTH Aachen University, Wüllnerstraße 5b, 52056 Aachen, Germany
J. Soler
Universitat de Girona, Facultat de Lletres, Plaç a Ferrater i Mora 1, 17071 Girona, Spain
N. Soler
Universitat de Girona, Facultat de Lletres, Plaç a Ferrater i Mora 1, 17071 Girona, Spain
K. Reicherter
Institute of Neotectonics & Natural Hazards, RWTH Aachen University, Lochnerstraße 4–20, 52056 Aachen, Germany
G.-C. Weniger
Neanderthal Museum, Talstr. 300, 40822 Mettmann, Germany
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E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 72, 163–184, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-72-163-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-72-163-2023, 2023
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E&G Quaternary Sci. J., 72, 77–94, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-72-77-2023, https://doi.org/10.5194/egqsj-72-77-2023, 2023
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Christoph Grützner, Simone Aschenbrenner, Petra Jamšek
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Sarah Mader, Joachim R. R. Ritter, Klaus Reicherter, and the AlpArray Working Group
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Eleanor Rainsley, Chris S. M. Turney, Nicholas R. Golledge, Janet M. Wilmshurst, Matt S. McGlone, Alan G. Hogg, Bo Li, Zoë A. Thomas, Richard Roberts, Richard T. Jones, Jonathan G. Palmer, Verity Flett, Gregory de Wet, David K. Hutchinson, Mathew J. Lipson, Pavla Fenwick, Ben R. Hines, Umberto Binetti, and Christopher J. Fogwill
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Kseniia Ashastina, Lutz Schirrmeister, Margret Fuchs, and Frank Kienast
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Pauline C. Treble, Andy Baker, Linda K. Ayliffe, Timothy J. Cohen, John C. Hellstrom, Michael K. Gagan, Silvia Frisia, Russell N. Drysdale, Alan D. Griffiths, and Andrea Borsato
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Andrea Catalina Gebhardt, Lieven Naudts, Lies De Mol, Jan Klerkx, Kanatbek Abdrakhmatov, Edward R. Sobel, and Marc De Batist
Clim. Past, 13, 73–92, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-73-2017, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-13-73-2017, 2017
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James Shulmeister, Justine Kemp, Kathryn E. Fitzsimmons, and Allen Gontz
Clim. Past, 12, 1435–1444, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1435-2016, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-12-1435-2016, 2016
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D. Y. Demezhko and A. A. Gornostaeva
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G. Schwamborn, H. Meyer, L. Schirrmeister, and G. Fedorov
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A. Kadereit and G. A. Wagner
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J. Kleman, J. Fastook, K. Ebert, J. Nilsson, and R. Caballero
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J. M. López-García, H.-A. Blain, M. Bennàsar, M. Sanz, and J. Daura
Clim. Past, 9, 1053–1064, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-1053-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-1053-2013, 2013
M. Damaschke, R. Sulpizio, G. Zanchetta, B. Wagner, A. Böhm, N. Nowaczyk, J. Rethemeyer, and A. Hilgers
Clim. Past, 9, 267–287, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-267-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-267-2013, 2013
D. Mottaghy, G. Schwamborn, and V. Rath
Clim. Past, 9, 119–133, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-119-2013, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-9-119-2013, 2013
G. Schwamborn, G. Fedorov, N. Ostanin, L. Schirrmeister, A. Andreev, and the El'gygytgyn Scientific Party
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K. Žák, D. K. Richter, M. Filippi, R. Živor, M. Deininger, A. Mangini, and D. Scholz
Clim. Past, 8, 1821–1837, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-1821-2012, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-8-1821-2012, 2012
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Clim. Past, 7, 1261–1284, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-7-1261-2011, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-7-1261-2011, 2011
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