LATE PLIOCENE CLIMATE STEP AND MODIFICATI ONS OF THE VEGETATION IN SOUTHERN ITALY FROM THE HIGH-RESOLUTION POLLEN RECORD OF THE SEMAFORO SECTION (2.4 TO 2.1 MA)

Authors
COMBOURIEUNEBOUT N
Citation
N. Combourieunebout, LATE PLIOCENE CLIMATE STEP AND MODIFICATI ONS OF THE VEGETATION IN SOUTHERN ITALY FROM THE HIGH-RESOLUTION POLLEN RECORD OF THE SEMAFORO SECTION (2.4 TO 2.1 MA), Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 321(8), 1995, pp. 659-665
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
321
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
659 - 665
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1995)321:8<659:LPCSAM>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The high-resolution pollen record of the Semaforo section (Southern It aly, 39 degrees N, 16 degrees 42'E) documents major vegetation changes in the southern Italian mountains from 2.4 to 2.1 Ma. A strong decrea se of Taxodiaceae forest and development of the steppic element Artemi sia after 2.3 Ma, expansion of temperate forest (around 2.25 Ma) and h igh elevation forest (around 2.18 Ma) reflect a cooler and drier clima te. These vegetation changes in Southern Italy correspond to one of th e last steps before the disappearance of subtropical plants from the M editerranean area.