Cyclic climate and vegetation change in the late Miocene of Western Bulgaria

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 272, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 99-114

  Utescher, T ^a   Ivanov, D ^b   Harzhauser, M ^c   Bozukov, V ^b   Ashraf, A R ^d   Rolf, C ^e   Urbat, M ^f   Mosbrugger, V ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^g SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Cyclicity; Late Miocene; Palaeoclimate; Palynology; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CYCLE; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STANIANTSI BASIN;

ASTERACEAE; CHARACEA; FILICOPHYTA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 58349118455     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.11.014     Document Type: Article

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