Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene vegetation and climate changes at the European scale: Long pollen records and climatostratigraphy

Speranta-Maria Popescu (1) , D. Biltekin (2, 3) , Hanna Winter (4) , Jean-Pierre Suc (5) , M.C. Melinte-Dobrinescu (6) , Stefan Klotz (7) , Marina Rabineau (1) , Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout (8, 9) , Georges Clauzon (10) , Florina Deaconu

1 LDO - Domaines Océaniques
2 AYBE - Avrasya Yer Bilimleri Enstitüsü = Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences [Istanbul]
3 Maden Fakültesi = Faculty of mines [Istanbul]
4 Polish Geological Institute
5 PEPS - PaleoEnvironnements et PaleobioSphere
6 National Institite of Marine Geology & Geoecology
7 Institut für Geowissenschaften,
8 LSCE - Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette]
9 PALEOCEAN - Paléocéanographie
10 CEREGE - Centre européen de recherche et d'enseignement des géosciences de l'environnement

The biostratigraphically calibrated long pollen record at DSDP Site 380 (southwestern Black Sea) displays a high-resolution continuous and contrasted evolution of the vegetation in the region for the entire Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene. An accurate correlation is established with the reference global oxygen isotopic curve and with the Northwestern European climatostratigraphy. Climatostratigraphic relationships are evident at the latitudinal and longitudinal scale of Europe, confirming the extensive strength of pollen analysis as a tool for correlations over large distances.

Domains: Paleontology

Speranta-Maria Popescu, D. Biltekin, Hanna Winter, Jean-Pierre Suc, M.C. Melinte-Dobrinescu, et al.. Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene vegetation and climate changes at the European scale: Long pollen records and climatostratigraphy. Quaternary International, 2010, 219 (1-2), pp.152-167. ⟨10.1016/j.quaint.2010.03.013⟩. ⟨insu-00564006⟩