Palynostratigraphic, palaeovegetational and palaeoclimatic investigations on the Miocene deposits in Central Anatolia (Çorum region and Sivas Basin)

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 361-403

  Kayseri, Mine Sezgül ^a   Akgün, Funda ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

orum region; Miocene; Palaeoclimatology; Palaeovegetation; Palynology; Sivas Basin

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION;

EURASIA; SIVAS BASIN; TURKEY;

EID: 42049116131     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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