Concurrent tectonic and climatic changes recorded in upper Tortonian sediments from the Eastern Mediterranean

Terra Nova

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-63

  Köhler, Cornelia M ^a   Krijgsman, Wout ^b   van Hinsbergen, Douwe J J ^b   Heslop, David ^c   Dupont Nivet, Guillaume ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; MARL; MONSOON; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TECTONICS; TORTONIAN;

CRETE; GREECE;

EID: 73549089919     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00916.x     Document Type: Article

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