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Heinrich event 4 characterized by terrestrial proxies in southwestern Europe
J. M. López-García
Gruppo di Ricerca di Paleobiologia e Preistoria. Dipartamento di Studi Umanistici, Università degli Studi di Ferrara. C.so Ercole 1 d'Este 32, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
H.-A. Blain
IPHES, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, C/Escorxador s/n, 43003 Tarragona, Spain
Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain
M. Bennàsar
IPHES, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, C/Escorxador s/n, 43003 Tarragona, Spain
Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Avinguda de Catalunya 35, 43002 Tarragona, Spain
M. Sanz
Grup de Recerca del Quaternari, SERP, Dept. Prehistòria, H. Antiga i Arqueologia, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Montalegre, 6, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
J. Daura
Grup de Recerca del Quaternari, SERP, Dept. Prehistòria, H. Antiga i Arqueologia, Universitat de Barcelona, C/Montalegre, 6, 08001 Barcelona, Spain
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