Journal
PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY
Volume 234, Issue 2-4, Pages 127-145Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.01.014
Keywords
palaeoecology; chronology; Vallesian; Eastern Mediterranean
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During the last 30 years several new Vallesian localities have been found in the Eastern Mediterranean and a great amount of fossils have been unearthed. Extensive studies on systematics and datation provided new data that allow a more detailed study of the Vallesian in this area. The biochronological and magnetostratigraphic data of the Eastern Mediterranean suggest that: (a) the Astaracian/Vallesian boundary in this area must be correlated to similar to 10.7 Ma at the moment, (b) the early/late Vallesian (MN 9/10) boundary to similar to 9.7 Ma, and (c) the Vallesian/Turolian (MN 10/11) boundary cannot tightly be constrained because the relevant localities are not precisely dated. The study of the Vallesian faunas and their comparison to the modem ones allow an estimation of the palacoecological conditions. In the Southeastern Mediterranean the environment was open and dry during the whole Vallesian. In the Black Sea area it was relatively closed during the early Vallesian (MN 9), but became more open and dry during the late Vallesian (MN 10). On the other hand, in Western and Central Europe the environment remained closed and more forested until mid-Vallesian. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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