The Miocene: The future of the past

M Steinthorsdottir, HK Coxall… - Paleoceanography …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Miocene epoch (23.03–5.33 Ma) was a time interval of global warmth, relative
to today. Continental configurations and mountain topography transitioned toward modern …

Global vegetation dynamics and latitudinal temperature gradients during the Mid to Late Miocene (15.97–5.33 Ma)

MJ Pound, AM Haywood, U Salzmann, JB Riding - Earth-Science Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
A 617 site palaeobotanical dataset for the Mid to Late Miocene is presented. This dataset is
internally consistent and provides a comprehensive overview of vegetational change from …

Miocene to Pliocene vegetation reconstruction and climate estimates in the Iberian Peninsula from pollen data

G Jiménez-Moreno, S Fauquette, JP Suc - Review of Palaeobotany and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Pollen analysis of Miocene and Pliocene sediments from the Iberian Peninsula shows a
progressive reduction in plant diversity through time caused by the disappearance of …

Quaternary disappearance of tree taxa from Southern Europe: Timing and trends

D Magri, F Di Rita, J Aranbarri, W Fletcher… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
A hundred pollen and plant macrofossil records from the Iberian Peninsula, Southern
France, the Italian Peninsula, Greece and the Aegean, and the southwestern Black Sea area …

Miocene pollen record of KC-1 core in the Qaidam Basin, NE Tibetan Plateau and implications for evolution of the East Asian monsoon

Y Miao, X Fang, M Herrmann, F Wu, Y Zhang… - Palaeogeography …, 2011 - Elsevier
Thick Cenozoic deposits in the Qaidam Basin provide great potential for understanding the
tectonic history, paleoclimatic changes, and evolution of the East Asian Monsoon. This study …

Miocene vegetation and climate dynamics in Eastern and Central Paratethys (Southeastern Europe)

D Ivanov, T Utescher, V Mosbrugger, S Syabryaj… - Palaeogeography …, 2011 - Elsevier
From the Cretaceous to modern time the earth's climate system has changed repeatedly
from a greenhouse to an icehouse. The Miocene appeared as the last warm episode in …

The historical origins of aridity and vegetation degradation in southeastern Spain

JS Carrión, S Fernández, G Jiménez-Moreno… - Journal of arid …, 2010 - Elsevier
The complex relationships within modern landscapes cannot be understood without the
benefit of retrospective studies. We review palaeoenvironmental data for southeastern …

Miocene climate in Europe—patterns and evolution: a first synthesis of NECLIME

AA Bruch, D Uhl, V Mosbrugger - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2007 - Elsevier
To improve our understanding of long-term climate changes during the Neogene in Eurasia,
the international research network NECLIME—Neogene Climate Evolution in Eurasia was …

The Cenozoic vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula: a synthesis

E Barrón, R Rivas-Carballo, JM Postigo-Mijarra… - Review of palaeobotany …, 2010 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to provide a first approach to the evolution of Iberia's vegetation
during the Cenozoic (with the exclusion of the Quaternary). The Palaeogene was floristically …

Miocene precipitation in Europe: Temporal trends and spatial gradients

M Böhme, M Winklhofer, A Ilg - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2011 - Elsevier
It is known from present-day climates that both temporal and spatial variations in
precipitation can be more pronounced than those in temperature and thus influence …