Miocene vegetation and climate dynamics in Eastern and Central Paratethys (Southeastern Europe)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 304, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 262-275

  Ivanov, Dimiter ^a   Utescher, Torsten ^b   Mosbrugger, Volker ^c   Syabryaj, Svetlana ^d   Djordjević Milutinović, Desa ^e   Molchanoff, Serge ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^e NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Climate; Coexistence approach; Miocene; Palaeobotany; Palynology; Paratethys; Southeastern Europe; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLORISTICS; ICE SHEET; LAKE; MIOCENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; PARATETHYS; REGRESSION; STEPPE; SWAMP; TRANSGRESSION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EUROPE;

PARATETHYS;

EID: 79955466802     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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