Present-day climatic equivalents of European Cenozoic climates

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 544-552

  Utescher, Torsten ^a   Mosbrugger, Volker ^b   Ivanov, Dimiter ^c   Dilcher, David L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Coexistence approach; North Germany; Palaeobotany; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; COEXISTENCE APPROACH; NORTH GERMANY; PALAEOBOTANY; PALAEOCLIMATE;

CLIMATOLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

BIOME; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; COEXISTENCE; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLORA; FOREST COVER; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 67650555990     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.021     Document Type: Article

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