Late Miocene paleoclimatic variations in the Eastern Mediterranean. An ecostratigraphical approach

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 10, 2003, Pages 603-616

  Drinia, H ^a   Antonarakou, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GAVDOS; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FORAMINIFERA; NEPENTHES; TOBRILUS;

EID: 1642529767     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/2003/2003/603     Document Type: Article

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