Late Eocene to early Miocene climate and vegetation of Bulgaria

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 360-374

  Bozukov, Vladimir ^a   Utescher, Torsten ^b   Ivanov, Dimiter ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Cenozoic; macrofloras; palaeoclimate; vegetation

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FLORISTICS; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 59649086825     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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