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Reconstruction of the late Quaternary paleoenvironments of the Nussloch loess paleosol -- Response to comments by G. Wiesenberg and M. Gocke

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Michael Zech ,
Simon Rass ,
Björn Buggle ,
Manfred Löscher  and
Ludwig Zöller
Michael Zech*
Affiliation:
University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, D-953440 Bayreuth, Germany Soil Physics Department, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany
Simon Rass
Affiliation:
University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, D-953440 Bayreuth, Germany
Björn Buggle
Affiliation:
Soil Physics Department, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany Biogeoscience Group, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstr. 5, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
Manfred Löscher
Affiliation:
Max-Reger-Weg 3, D-69181 Leimen, Germany
Ludwig Zöller
Affiliation:
University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, D-953440 Bayreuth, Germany
*
*Corresponding author at: University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany. E-mail address:michael_zech@gmx.de
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Quaternary Research , Volume 79 , Issue 2 , March 2013 , pp. 306 - 307
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University of Washington

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