Palynological evidence for astronomical forcing in Early Miocene lacustrine deposits from Rubielos de Mora Basin (NE Spain)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 601-616

  Jiménez Moreno, Gonzalo ^a,b   Aziz, Hayfaa Abdul ^c   Rodríguez Tovar, Francisco J ^b   Pardo Igúzquiza, Eulogio ^b   Suc, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; Early Miocene; Magnetostratigraphy; NE Spain; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYPSITHERMAL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; ORBITAL FORCING; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34547842106     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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