Pliocene to Pleistocene palynoflora and vegetation in Italy: State of the art

Quaternary International

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-24

  Bertini, Adele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FLORA; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION COVER;

ITALY;

ARTEMISIA; PICEA;

EID: 77955774054     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.04.025     Document Type: Article

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