A centennial-scale record of vegetation and climate variability from 312 to 240ka (Marine Isotope Stages 9c-a, 8 and 7e) from Tenaghi Philippon, NE Greece

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 78, Issue , 2013, Pages 108-125

  Fletcher, William J ^a,b   Müller, Ulrich C ^a,b   Koutsodendris, Andreas ^a   Christanis, Kimon ^c   Pross, Jörg ^a,b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dansgaard Oeschger like events; Marine Isotope Stage 8; Marine Isotope Stage 9; Mediterranean region; Millennial scale climate variability; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; DANSGAARD-OESCHGER-LIKE EVENTS; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POLLEN ANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY; EXPANSION; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; VEGETATION;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; METEOROLOGY; PLANTS; POLLEN;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; GREECE; SERRAI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA]; TENAGHI PHILIPPON;

EID: 84883362297     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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