Late Miocene to Early Pliocene vegetation of southern Europe (7-4 Ma) as reflected in the megafossil plant record

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 238, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 321-339

  Kovar Eder, Johanna ^a   Kvaček, Zlatko ^b   Martinetto, Edoardo ^c   Roiron, Paul ^d  

^a STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Climate; Late Miocene Early Pliocene; Southern Europe; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MIOCENE; PLANT; PLIOCENE; VEGETATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GREECE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 33746801603     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.031     Document Type: Article

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