Miocene evolution of landscape and vegetation in the Central Paratethys

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 295-310

  Kvaček, Zlatko ^a   Kováč, Michal ^b   Kovar Eder, Johanna ^c   Doláková, Nela ^d   Jechorek, Henriette ^e   Parashiv, Valentin ^f   Kováčová, Marianna ^b   Sliva, L'ubomír ^b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e Université de Bucharest ^*  (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Central Paratethys; Digital elevation models; Miocene; Paleogeography; Palinspastic maps; Vegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PARATETHYS;

EID: 33748446280     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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