Changes in vegetation and marine environments in the eastern Mediterranean (Rhodes, Greece) during the Early and Middle Pleistocene

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1119-1131

  Joannin, Sébastien ^a   Cornée, Jean Jacques ^a   Moissette, Pierre ^a   Suc, Jean Pierre ^a   Koskeridou, Efterpi ^b   Lécuyer, Christophe ^a,c   Buisine, Cédric ^a   Kouli, Katarina ^b   Ferry, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; INSOLATION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE RECORD; MARINE SEDIMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION;

DODECANESE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); RHODES; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 35848970951     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-136     Document Type: Article

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