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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*
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
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*Corresponding author at: University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany. E-mail address:michael_zech@gmx.de

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