Early Pliocene vegetation changes forced by eccentricity-precession. Example from Southwestern Romania

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 238, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 340-348

  Popescu, Speranta Maria ^a   Suc, Jean Pierre ^a   Loutre, Marie France ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Orbital cycles; Pliocene; Pollen; Romania; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DELTA; ECCENTRICITY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PLIOCENE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AGRIGENTO; CALTANISSETTA; CAPO ROSSELLO; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LUPOAIA; MONTE SAN NICOLA; ROMANIA; SALAJ; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CUPRESSUS; ZANCLEA;

EID: 33746971938     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.032     Document Type: Article

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