Latitudinal climatic gradients in the Western European and Mediterranean regions from the Mid-Miocene (c. 15 Ma) to the Mid-Pliocene (c. 3.5 Ma) as quantified from pollen data

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 481-502

  Fauquette, S ^a   Suc, Jean Pierre ^b   Jiménez Moreno, Gonzalo ^c,m,n   Micheels, A ^d   Jost, A ^e   Favre, E ^b   Bachiri Taoufiq, N ^f   Bertini, A ^g   Clet Pellerin, M ^h   Diniz, F ⁱ   Farjanel, G ^j   Feddi, N ^k   Zheng, Z ^l  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^f FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES BEN M SIK   (Morocco)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^j Université Caddi Ayyad ^*  (France)

^k CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^l SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^m UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

ⁿ NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; PLIOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; WESTERN EUROPE;

ZANCLEA;

EID: 38349128166     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/tms002.22     Document Type: Article

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