Palaeoecology and chronology of the Vallesian (late Miocene) in the Eastern Mediterranean region

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 234, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 127-145

  Koufos, George D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chronology; Eastern Mediterranean; Palaeoecology; Vallesian

Indexed keywords

BIOCHRONOLOGY; DATING METHOD; FOSSIL RECORD; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

VALLESIA;

EID: 33646202001     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.01.014     Document Type: Article

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