Precipitation gradients during the Miocene in Western and Central Turkey as quantified from pollen data

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 304, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 276-290

  Akkiraz, M S ^a   Akgun F ^b   Utescher, T ^c   Bruch, A A ^d   Mosbrugger, V ^d  

^a DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Institute für Geologie   (Germany)

^d SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coexistence Approach; Miocene; Palaeoclimate; Palynoflora; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; COEXISTENCE; COOLING; DATA SET; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

TURKEY;

EID: 79955475195     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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