Vegetation, climate and palaeoaltitude reconstructions of the Eastern Alps during the Miocene based on pollen records from Austria, Central Europe

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1638-1649

  Jiménez Moreno, Gonzalo ^a,b   Fauquette, Séverine ^c   Suc, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

Author keywords

Altitude; Austria; Climate; Eastern Alps; Miocene; Palynology; Tectonic uplift; Vegetation reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVERGREEN FOREST; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLATITUDE; PALYNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SERRAVALLIAN; TORTONIAN; UPLIFT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ABIES; CATHAYA; CEDRUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; PARATETHYS; PICEA; TSUGA;

EID: 49549105124     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01911.x     Document Type: Article

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