An early pleistocene plant assemblage with East European affinity in the venetian-friulian basin (Ne Italy)

Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-104

  Martinetto, Edoardo ^a   Monegato, Giovanni ^b   Vassio, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carpology; Early Pleistocene; Palaeovegetation; PCS approach; Pollen; SE Alps

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871971887     PISSN: 22797327     EISSN: 22797335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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