Vegetation changes during the late Early Pleistocene at Montalbano Jonico (Province of Matera, southern Italy) based on pollen analysis

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 270, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 92-101

  Joannin, Sébastien ^a   Ciaranfi, Neri ^b   Stefanelli, Simona ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Mediterranean region; Climatic cycles; Early Pleistocene; Palynology; Precession

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CYCLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EUSTACY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BASILICATA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MATERA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MONTALBANO JONICO; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; EPHEDRA; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINA BULLOIDES; GLOBIGERINOIDES RUBER;

EID: 56249124618     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.08.017     Document Type: Article

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