Vegetation and climate in the eastern Iberian Peninsula during the pre-evaporitic Messinian (late Miocene). Palynological data from the Upper Turolian of Venta del Moro (Spain)

• Published in: Review of palaeobotany and palynology Vol. 215; pp. 85 - 99
• Main Authors: Casas-Gallego, Manuel, Lassaletta, Luis, Barrón, Eduardo, Bruch, Angela A., Montoya, Plinio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.04.2015
• Subjects: Eastern Iberian Peninsula; Late Miocene; Open vegetation; Palaeoclimate; Pollen analysis; Late Miocene; Eastern Iberian Peninsula; Open vegetation; Palaeoclimate; Pollen analysis

The present paper reports a complete palynological study of the Upper Turolian sediments outcropping at the Venta del Moro site (eastern Iberian Peninsula). The pollen assemblages observed mainly reflect the local and regional vegetation, which must have formed part of a wetland ecosystem within a g...