Palaeoclimate estimates for selected leaf floras from the Late Pliocene (Reuverian) of Central Europe based on different palaeobotanical techniques;Orta avrupa'nın geç pliyosen (Reuverian)'inden seçilmiş yaprak floraları için farklı paleobotanik tekniklere dayanan paleoiklim tahminleri

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-287

  Thiel, Christine ^a   Klotz, Stefan ^b   Uhl, Dieter ^b,c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate leaf analysis multivariate program; Coexistence approach; European leaf physiognomic approach; Leaf margin analysis; Palaeoclimate; Reuverian

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FLORA; LEAF; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLIOCENE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TAPHONOMY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84856503477     PISSN: 13000985     EISSN: 1303619X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/yer-1007-41     Document Type: Article

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