A late Miocene leaf assemblage from Vrysses, western Crete, Greece, and its paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic interpretation

Geodiversitas

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 351-377

  Zidianakis, Giannis ^a   Mohr, Barbara A R ^b   Fassoulas, Charalampos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Museum of Natural History   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crete; Greece; Late Miocene; Leaves; Paleoclimate; Paleovegetation

Indexed keywords

ACER; BUXUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; JUGLANDACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PARROTIA; POPULUS TREMULA; PRISTINA; QUERCUS; SALIX; SALIX SP.; TETRACLINIS; ZIZIPHUS;

EID: 35148874623     PISSN: 12809659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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