A late Early Pleistocene pollen record from Fontana Ranuccio (central Italy)

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 335-344

  Corrado, Paolo ^a   Magri, Donatella ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Istituto Italiano di Paleontologia Umana   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cathaya; Central Italy; Early Pleistocene; Mid Pleistocene revolution; MIS 21; Pterocarya

Indexed keywords

ACHEULEAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FLORISTICS; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOBOTANY; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; VEGETATION;

ITALY;

ALNUS; CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; CATHAYA; PTEROCARYA; TAXODIUM; TSUGA;

EID: 79954477641     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1459     Document Type: Article

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