Geographic and temporal patterns in the late Neogene (12-3 Ma) aridification of Europe: The use of small mammals as paleoprecipitation proxies

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 238, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 190-218

  van Dam, Jan A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate; Europe; Mammals; Miocene; Pliocene; Precipitation; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; DIET; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT; LOCOMOTION; NEOGENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SMALL MAMMAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANATOLIA; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TURKEY; UKRAINE;

MAMMALIA; PARATETHYS;

EID: 33747068835     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.025     Document Type: Article

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