Vegetation history of the penultimate glacial period (Marine isotope stage 6) at Ioannina, north-west Greece

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 616-626

  Roucoux, K H ^a   Tzedakis, P C ^b   Lawson, I T ^a   Margari, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 6; Millennial scale oscillation; Penultimate glacial; Pollen; Vegetation history

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EPIRUS; GREECE; IOANNINA; IOANNINA BASIN;

EID: 80051469648     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1483     Document Type: Article

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