Vegetation and climate across the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition at Montalbano Jonico, southern Italy

Quaternary International

Volumn 383, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-88

  Bertini, Adele ^a   Toti, Francesco ^a   Marino, Maria ^b   Ciaranfi, Neri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early Middle Pleistocene transition; MIS 19; Montalbano Jonico succession; Pollen; Southern Italy; Vegetation and climate

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; STEPPE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION TYPE;

BASILICATA; ITALY; MATERA; MONTALBANO JONICO;

ARTEMISIA; QUERCUS;

EID: 84944512615     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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