Pollen record and integrated high-resolution chronology of the early Pliocene Dacic Basin (southwestern Romania)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 238, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 78-90

  Popescu, Speranta Maria ^a   Krijgsman, Wout ^b   Suc, Jean Pierre ^a   Clauzon, Georges ^c   Mǎrunţeanu, Mariana ^d   Nica, Toma ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c CEREGE   (France)

^d GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF ROMANIA   (Romania)

^e Exploatarea Resurselor Minerale Oltenia ^*  (Romania)

Author keywords

Cyclostratigraphy; Lignite; Magnetostratigraphy; Pliocene; Pollen; Romania

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; LIGNITE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NANOPLANKTON; PLIOCENE; POLLEN; SMALL MAMMAL; TIMESCALE;

DACIC BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; LUPOAIA; ROMANIA; SALAJ; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MAMMALIA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 33746944994     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.019     Document Type: Article

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