Late Miocene vegetation and climate of the Balkan region: Palynology of the Beli Breg Coal Basin sediments

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 367-381

  Ivanov, Dimiter ^a   Ashraf, A Rahman ^b   Utescher, Torsten ^c   Mosbrugger, Volker ^d   Slavomirova, Eugenia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Geological Institute   (Germany)

^d SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Climate; Late Miocene; Pliocene; Pollen analysis; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; FOSSILIZATION; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; SPORE; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

BALKANS; BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34848864625     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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