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Vegetation dynamics in the Northeastern Mediterranean region during the past 23 000 yr: insights from a new pollen record from the Sea of Marmara
V. Valsecchi
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, CNRS EPOC – UMR5805, Université Bordeaux 1, Avenue des Facultés, 33405 Talence, France
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (ISEM), Département Paléoenvironnements et Paléoclimats, UMR5554, Université Montpellier 2, Bat. 22, CC061, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France
present address: Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier, Département Paléoenvironnements et Paléoclimats, UMR5554, Université Montpellier 2, Bat. 22, CC061, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier cedex 5, France
M. F. Sanchez Goñi
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, CNRS EPOC – UMR5805, Université Bordeaux 1, Avenue des Facultés, 33405 Talence, France
L. Londeix
Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS EPOC – UMR5805, Avenue des Facultés, 33405 Talence, France
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