Messinian vegetation maps of the Mediterranean region using models and interpolated pollen data

Geobios

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 433-443

  Favre, Eric ^a   François, Louis ^b   Fluteau, Frédéric ^c   Cheddadi, Rachid ^d   Thévenod, Lysiane ^a   Suc, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Mediterranean region; Messinian; Palaeovegetation mapping

Indexed keywords

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; INTERPOLATION; MAPPING; MESSINIAN; PALYNOLOGY; TRANSFER FUNCTION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 34249740706     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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