Global aridity during the early miocene? A terrestrial paleoclimate record from the Ebro Basin, Spain

Journal of Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 601-608

  Hamer, Jessica M M ^a   Sheldon, Nathan D ^a   Nichols, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOSOL;

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

EID: 34548611628     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/519780     Document Type: Article

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