Climatic patterns revealed by pollen and oxygen isotope records across the Matuyama-Brunhes boundary in the central Mediterranean (southern Italy)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 247, Issue , 2005, Pages 159-182

  Capraro, Luca ^a   Asioli, A ^a   Backman, J ^b   Bertoldi, R ^c   Channell, J E T ^d   Massari, F ^a   Rio, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRUNHES CHRON; MATUYAMA CHRON; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; POLLEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 31344449374     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.247.01.09     Document Type: Article

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