Late Oligocene-Early Miocene paleosols of distal fluvial systems, Ebro Basin, Spain

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 247, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 220-235

  Hamer, J M M ^a   Sheldon, N D ^a   Nichols, G J ^a   Collinson, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ebro Basin; Oligocene Miocene; Paleoclimate; Paleosols

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECOTYPE; FIELD SURVEY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; RIVER SYSTEM; SEMIARID REGION;

EBRO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34047120156     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.10.016     Document Type: Article

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