The Messinian terrestrial record in the Pyrenees: The case of Can Vilella (Cerdanya Basin)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 238, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 179-189

  Agustí, Jordi ^a   Oms, Oriol ^b   Furió, Marc ^d   Pérez Vila, María Jesús ^d   Roca, Eduard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerdanya Basin; Dispersals; Mammals; Messinian; Pollen; Pyrenees

Indexed keywords

INTRAMONTANE BASIN; MAMMAL; MESSINIAN; RIPARIAN FOREST; TUROLIAN;

CERDANYA BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES;

LAGOMORPHA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 33747051494     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.024     Document Type: Article

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