Leaf physiognomic indications for a moist warm-temperate climate in NW Italy during the Messinian (Late Miocene)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 41-55

  Martinetto, Edoardo ^a   Uhl, Dieter ^b,c   Tarabra, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; Italy; Late Miocene; Leaf physiognomy; Messinian

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDON; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; MORPHOTYPE; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TYPE SPECIMEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MESSINA [MESSINA (PRV)]; MESSINA [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548023236     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.033     Document Type: Article

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