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Abrupt climate and vegetation variability of eastern Anatolia during the last glacial
N. Pickarski
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University of Bonn, Steinmann Institute for Geology, Mineralogy, and Paleontology, Bonn, Germany
O. Kwiecien
Ruhr-University Bochum, Sediment and Isotope Geology, Bochum, Germany
D. Langgut
Tel Aviv University, Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv, Israel
T. Litt
University of Bonn, Steinmann Institute for Geology, Mineralogy, and Paleontology, Bonn, Germany
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