Late Miocene to Early Pliocene depositional history of the intramontane Florina-Ptolemais-Servia Basin, NW Greece: Interplay between orbital forcing and tectonics

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 238, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 151-178

  Steenbrink, J ^a   Hilgen, F J ^b   Krijgsman, W ^b   Wijbrans, J R ^c   Meulenkamp, J E ^b  

^a NEDERLANDSE AARDOLIE MAATSCHAPPIJ B V   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate; Greece; Lacustrine sediments; Milankovitch; Miocene; Pliocene; Stratigraphy; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; ORBITAL FORCING; PLIOCENE; SUCCESSION; TECTONICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 33746824251     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.023     Document Type: Article

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