Early Miocene repetitive vegetation and climatic changes in the lacustrine deposits of the Rubielos de Mora Basin (Teruel, NE Spain)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 250, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 101-113

  Jiménez Moreno, Gonzalo ^a,b,c   Fauquette, Séverine ^d   Suc, Jean Pierre ^a   Aziz, Hayfaa Abdul ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early Miocene; Paleoclimate; Palynology; Plants; Southwestern Europe

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION;

ARAGON; EURASIA; EUROPE; RUBIELOS DE MORA BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TERUEL [ARAGON];

ACACIA; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; EPHEDRA; MORA (ANGIOSPERM); NITRARIA;

EID: 34249672367     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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