Interpretation of soil erosion in a Polish loess area using OSL, 137Cs, 210Pbex, dendrochronology and micromorphology – case study: Biedrzykowice site (s Poland)

Grzegorz Poręba; Zbigniew Śnieszko; Piotr Moska; Przemysław Mroczek; Ireneusz Malik

doi:10.1515/geochr-2015-0109

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