Palynostratigraphy and vegetation characteristics of Neogene continental deposits interbedded with the Cappadocia ignimbrites (Central Anatolia, Turkey)

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1887-1897

  Yavuz Işık, Nurdan ^a   Toprak, Vedat ^b  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cappadocia; Neogene; Palaeoclimate; Palaeovegetation; Palynostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; IGNIMBRITE; NEOGENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION;

ANATOLIA; TURKEY;

AMARANTHACEAE; ARTEMISIA; ASTERACEAE; ASTEROIDEAE;

EID: 78349304435     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: 14373262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00531-009-0486-5     Document Type: Article

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