BIBLIOGRAPHY
     
 

Paleoclimate

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BLONDEL, C., G. MERCERON, L. ANDOSSA, M. H. TAISSO, P. VIGNAUD and M. BRUNET (2010). "Dental mesowear analysis of the late Miocene Bovidae from Toros-Menalla (Chad) and early hominid habitats in Central Africa." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 292 (1-2): 184-191

CARRION, J. S., S. FERNANDEZ, G. JIMENEZ-MORENO, S. FAUQUETTE, G. GIL-ROMERA, P. GONZALEZ-SAMPERIZ and C. FINLAYSON (2010). "The historical origins of aridity and vegetation degradation in southeastern Spain." Journal of Arid Environments 74 (7): 731-736

CERLING, T. E., N. E. LEVIN, J. QUADE, J. G. WYNN, D. L. FOX, J. D. KINGSTON, R. G. KLEIN and F. H. BROWN (2010). "Comment on the Paleoenvironment of Ardipithecus ramidus." Science 328 (5982): 1105-d

EDWARDS, E. J., C. P. OSBORNE, C. A. E. STROMBERG, S. A. SMITH and C. G. CONSORTIUM (2010). "The Origins of C-4 Grasslands: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science." Science 328 (5978): 587-591

ERONEN, J. T., K. PUOLAMAKI, L. LIU, K. LINTULAAKSO, J. DAMUTH, C. JANIS and M. FORTELIUS (2010). "Precipitation and large herbivorous mammals I: estimates from present-day communities." Evolutionary Ecology Research 12 (2): 217-233

ERONEN, J. T., K. PUOLAMAKI, L. LIU, K. LINTULAAKSO, J. DAMUTH, C. JANIS and M. FORTELIUS (2010). "Precipitation and large herbivorous mammals II: application to fossil data." Evolutionary Ecology Research 12 (2): 235-248

GUERRA-MERCHÁN, A., F. SERRANO, M. GARCÉS, S. GOFAS, D. ESU, E. GLIOZZI and F. GROSSI (2010). "Messinian Lago-Mare deposits near the Strait of Gibraltar (Malaga Basin, S Spain)." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 285 (3-4): 264-276

HAN, F., D. H. SUN, Y. ZHANG, F. H. CHEN, F. WANG, Y. H. ZHU, Y. B. ZHANG, Z. Y. YI, Z. J. LI and W. W. HU (2010). "Magnetostratigraphy and palaeoclimatic significance of Late Neogene aeolian sequence of Lanzhou area." Chinese Journal of Geophysics-Chinese Edition 53 (5): 1179-1186

HERAN, M.-A., C. LECUYER and S. LEGENDRE (2010). "Cenozoic long-term terrestrial climatic evolution in Germany tracked by delta O-18 of rodent tooth phosphate." Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 285 (3-4): 331-342

HÜSING, S. K., O. OMS, J. AGUSTÍ, M. GARCÉS, T. J. KOUWENHOVEN, W. KRIJGSMAN and W. J. ZACHARIASSE (2010). "On the late Miocene closure of the Mediterranean-Atlantic gateway through the Guadix basin (southern Spain)." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 291 (3-4): 167-179

JIANG, H. C. and Z. L. DING (2010). "Eolian grain-size signature of the Sikouzi lacustrine sediments (Chinese Loess Plateau): Implications for Neogene evolution of the East Asian winter monsoon." Geological Society of America Bulletin 122 (5-6): 843-854

KÖHLER, C. M., D. HESLOP, W. KRIJGSMAN and M. J. DEKKERS (2010). "Late Miocene paleoenvironmental changes in North Africa and the Mediterranean recorded by geochemical proxies (Monte Gibliscemi section, Sicily)." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 285 (1-2): 66-73

KOHLER, C. M., W. KRIJGSMAN, D. J. J. VAN HINSBERGEN, D. HESLOP and G. DUPONT-NIVET (2010). "Concurrent tectonic and climatic changes recorded in upper Tortonian sediments from the Eastern Mediterranean." Terra Nova 22 (1): 52-63

KRIJGSMAN, W., M. STOICA, I. VASILIEV and V. V. POPOV (2010). "Rise and fall of the Paratethys Sea during the Messinian Salinity Crisis." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 290 (1-2): 183-191

LEEVER, K. A., L. MATENCO, T. RABAGIA, S. CLOETINGH, W. KRIJGSMAN and M. STOICA (2010). "Messinian sea level fall in the Dacic Basin (Eastern Paratethys): palaeogeographical implications from seismic sequence stratigraphy." Terra Nova 22 (1): 12-17

LI, J. F., Y. Q. HU, D. K. FERGUSON, Y. F. WANG and C. S. LI (2010). "An Early Pliocene lake and its surrounding vegetation in Zhejiang, East China." Journal of Paleolimnology 43 (4): 751-769

LIM, J. D., E. K. JEONG, K. KIM, M. SUZUKI, I. S. PAIK and H. M. KIM (2010). "Miocene woods of the Janggi Basin in Korea: Implications for paleofloral changes." Geosciences Journal 14 (1): 11-22

LOZAR, F., D. VIOLANTI, F. DELA PIERRE, E. BERNARDI, S. CAVAGNA, P. CLARI, A. IRACE, E. MARTINETTO and S. TRENKWALDER (2010). "Calcareous nannofossils and foraminifers herald the Messinian Salinity Crisis: the Pollenzo section (Alba, Cuneo; NW Italy)." Geobios 43 (1): 21-32

LUNT, D. J., A. M. HAYWOOD, G. A. SCHMIDT, U. SALZMANN, P. J. VALDES and H. J. DOWSETT (2010). "Earth system sensitivity inferred from Pliocene modelling and data." Nature Geoscience 3 (1): 60-64

MATSON, S. D. and D. L. FOX (2010). "Stable isotopic evidence for terrestrial latitudinal climate gradients in the Late Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 287 (1-4): 28-44

PAGANI, M., Z. H. LIU, J. LARIVIERE and A. C. RAVELO (2010). "High Earth-system climate sensitivity determined from Pliocene carbon dioxide concentrations." Nature Geoscience 3 (1): 27-30

ROTERS, B. and R. HENRICH (2010). "The middle to late Miocene climatic development of Southwest Africa derived from the sedimentological record of ODP Site 1085A." International Journal of Earth Sciences 99 (2): 459-471

SAYLOR, J., P. DECELLES and J. QUADE (2010). "Climate-driven environmental change in the Zhada basin, southwestern Tibetan Plateau." Geosphere 6 (2): 74-92

SCHNECK, R., A. MICHEELS and V. MOSBRUGGER (2010). "Climate modelling sensitivity experiments for the Messinian Salinity Crisis." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 286 (3-4): 149-163

STEINKE, S., J. GROENEVELD, H. JOHNSTONE and R. RENDLE-BÜHRING (2010). "East Asian summer monsoon weakening after 7.5 Ma: Evidence from combined planktonic foraminifera Mg/Ca and [delta]18O (ODP Site 1146; northern South China Sea)." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 289 (1-4): 33-43

STUECKER, M. F. and R. E. ZEEBE (2010). "Ocean chemistry and atmospheric CO2 sensitivity to carbon perturbations throughout the Cenozoic." Geophysical Research Letters 37:

VIZCAINO, M., S. RUPPER and J. C. H. CHIANG (2010). "Permanent El Nino and the onset of Northern Hemisphere glaciations: Mechanism and comparison with other hypotheses." Paleoceanography 25:

WHITE, T. D., S. H. AMBROSE, G. SUWA and G. WOLDEGABRIEL (2010). "Response to Comment on the Paleoenvironment of Ardipithecus ramidus." Science 328 (5982): 1105-e

WICHURA, H., R. BOUSQUET, R. OBERHANSLI, M. R. STRECKER and M. H. TRAUTH (2010). "Evidence for middle Miocene uplift of the East African Plateau." Geology 38 (6): 543-546

ABELS, H. A., H. AZIZ, J. P. CALVO and E. TUENTER (2009). "Shallow lacustrine carbonate microfacies document orbitally paced lake-level history in the Miocene Teruel Basin (North-East Spain)." Sedimentology 56 (2): 399-419

AKKEMIK, U., N. TURKOGLU, I. POOLE, I. CICEK, N. KOSE and G. GURGEN (2009). "Woods of a Miocene Petrified Forest near Ankara, Turkey." Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry 33 (1): 89-97

ALCICEK, H. (2009). "Late Miocene nonmarine sedimentation and formation of magnesites in the Acigol Basin, southwestern Anatolia, Turkey." Sedimentary Geology 219 (1-4): 115-135

ALONSO-ZARZA, A. M., Z. ZHAO, C. H. SONG, J. J. LI, J. ZHANG, A. MARTIN-PEREZ, R. MARTIN-GARCIA, X. X. WANG, Y. ZHANG and M. H. ZHANG (2009). "Mudflat/distal fan and shallow lake sedimentation (upper Vallesian-Turolian) in the Tianshui Basin, Central China: Evidence against the late Miocene eolian loess." Sedimentary Geology 222 (1-2): 42-51

ARMSTRONG-ALTRIN, J. S., Y. I. LEE, S. P. VERMA and R. H. WORDEN (2009). "Carbon, oxygen, and strontium isotope geochemistry of carbonate rocks of the upper Miocene Kudankulam Formation, southern India: Implications for paleoenvironment and diagenesis." Chemie Der Erde-Geochemistry 69 (1): 45-60

BAI, Y., X. FANG, J. NIE, Y. WANG and F. WU (2009). "A preliminary reconstruction of the paleoecological and paleoclimatic history of the Chinese Loess Plateau from the application of biomarkers." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 271 (1-2): 161-169

BEERLING, D. J., A. FOX and C. W. ANDERSON (2009). "Quantitative uncertainty analyses of ancient atmospheric CO2 estimates from fossil leaves." American Journal of Science 309 (9): 775-787

BISON, K. M., G. J. M. VERSTEEGH, F. ORSZAG-SPERBER, J. M. ROUCHY and H. WILLEMS (2009). "Palaeoenvironmental changes of the early Pliocene (Zanclean) in the eastern Mediterranean Pissouri Basin (Cyprus) evidenced from calcareous dinoflagellate cyst assemblages." Marine Micropaleontology 73 (1-2): 49-56

BOUCHENAK-KHELLADI, Y., G. A. VERBOOM, T. R. HODKINSON, N. SALAMIN, O. FRANCOIS, G. NI CHONGHAILE and V. SAVOLAINEN (2009). "The origins and diversification of C-4 grasses and savanna-adapted ungulates." Global Change Biology 15 (10): 2397-2417

BRAGA, J. C., A. VESCOGNI, F. R. BOSELLINI and J. AGUIRRE (2009). "Coralline algae (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in western and central Mediterranean Messinian reefs." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 275 (1-4): 113-128

BREDA, A., D. MELLERE, F. MASSARI and A. ASIOLI (2009). "Vertically stacked Gilbert-type deltas of Ventimiglia (NW Italy): The Pliocene record of an overfilled Messinian incised valley." Sedimentary Geology 219 (1-4): 58-76

CLEMENTZ, M. T., S. SORBI and D. P. DOMNING (2009). "Evidence of Cenozoic environmental and ecological change from stable isotope analysis of sirenian remains from the Tethys-Mediterranean region." Geology 37 (4): 307-310

CRAMER, B. S., J. R. TOGGWEILER, J. D. WRIGHT, M. E. KATZ and K. G. MILLER (2009). "Ocean overturning since the Late Cretaceous: Inferences from a new benthic foraminiferal isotope compilation." Paleoceanography 24:

CZICZER, I., I. MAGYAR, R. PIPIK, M. BOHME, S. CORIC, K. BAKRAC, M. SUTO-SZENTAI, M. LANTOS, E. BABINSZKI and P. MULLER (2009). "Life in the sublittoral zone of long-lived Lake Pannon: paleontological analysis of the Upper Miocene Szak Formation, Hungary." International Journal of Earth Sciences 98 (7): 1741-1766

DE SCHEPPER, S., M. J. HEAD and S. LOUWYE (2009). "Pliocene dinoflagellate cyst stratigraphy, palaeoecology and sequence stratigraphy of the Tunnel-Canal Dock, Belgium." Geological Magazine 146 (1): 92-112

DOMINGO, L., J. CUEVAS-GONZÁLEZ, S. T. GRIMES, M. HERNÁNDEZ FERNÁNDEZ and N. LÓPEZ-MARTÌNEZ (2009). "Multiproxy reconstruction of the palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironment of the Middle Miocene Somosaguas site (Madrid, Spain) using herbivore dental enamel." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 272 (1-2): 53-68

DOMINGO, L., S. GRIMES, M. DOMINGO and M. ALBERDI (2009). "Paleoenvironmental conditions in the Spanish Miocene–Pliocene boundary: isotopic analyses of Hipparion dental enamel." Naturwissenschaften 96 (4): 503-511

DONDERS, T. H., J. W. H. WEIJERS, D. K. MUNSTERMAN, M. HOEVE, L. K. BUCKLES, R. D. PANCOST, S. SCHOUTEN, J. S. S. DAMSTE and H. BRINKHUIS (2009). "Strong climate coupling of terrestrial and marine environments in the Miocene of northwest Europe." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 281 (3-4): 215-225

DRINIA, H. (2009). "Foraminiferal biofacies and paleoenvironmental implications of the Early Tortonian deposits of Gavdos Island (Eastern Mediterranean)." Revue de Micropaleontologie 52 (1): 15-29

ERONEN, J. T., M. MIRZAIE ATAABADI, A. MICHEELS, A. KARME, R. L. BERNOR and M. FORTELIUS (2009). "Distribution history and climatic controls of the Late Miocene Pikermian chronofauna." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (29): 11867-11871

FISCHER, A. G., F. J. HILGEN and R. E. GARRISON (2009). "Mediterranean contributions to cyclostratigraphy and astrochronology." Sedimentology 56 (1): 63-94

GARCIA, E. X. M., M. TELLES-ANTUNES, A. CACERES-BALBINO, F. RUIZ-MUNOZ and J. CIVIS-LLOVERA (2009). "The Lower Pliocene lamniform sharks (Chondrichthyes, Galeomorphii) from the Arenas de Huelva Formation, southwestern Gualdalquivir basin, Spain." Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Geologicas 26 (3): 674-686

GARCIA-GARCIA, F., J. M. SORIA, C. VISERAS and J. FERNANDEZ (2009). "High-frequency rhythmicity in a mixed siliciclastic–carbonate shelf (late Miocene, Guadix Basin, Spain): a model of interplay between climatic oscillations, subsidence, and sediment dispersal." Journal of Sedimentary Research 79 (5-6): 302-315

GAUTHIER, A. and A. MUNOZ (2009). "Seasonal sedimentation in the Pliocene Villarroya Lake (N Spain) inferred from pollen analysis." Sedimentary Geology 222 (1-2): 111-123

HASSOLD, N. J. C., D. K. REA, B. A. VAN DER PLUIJM and J. M. PARÈS (2009). "A physical record of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current: Late Miocene to recent slowing of abyssal circulation." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 275 (1-4): 28-36

HAYWARD, B. W., A. T. SABAA, S. KAWAGATA and H. R. GRENFELL (2009). "The Early Pliocene re-colonisation of the deep Mediterranean Sea by benthic Foraminifera and their pulsed Late Pliocene-Middle Pleistocene decline." Marine Micropaleontology 71 (3-4): 97-112

HRISTOVA, V. and D. IVANOV (2009). "Palynological data of the fossil flora from Sofia Neogene basin (South-West Bulgaria), preliminary results." Comptes Rendus De L'Academie Bulgare Des Sciences 62 (3): 379-384

HUGUET, C., J. H. KIM, G. J. DE LANGE, J. S. S. DAMSTE and S. SCHOUTEN (2009). "Effects of long term oxic degradation on the U-37(K'), TEX86 and BIT organic proxies." Organic Geochemistry 40 (12): 1188-1194

HUSING, S. K., K. F. KUIPER, W. LINK, F. J. HILGEN and W. KRIJGSMAN (2009). "The upper Tortonian-lower Messinian at Monte dei Corvi (Northern Apennines, Italy): Completing a Mediterranean reference section for the Tortonian Stage." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 282 (1-4): 140-157

KARAMI, M. P., P. T. MEIJER, H. A. DIJKSTRA and M. J. R. WORTEL (2009). "An oceanic box model of the Miocene Mediterranean Sea with emphasis on the effects of closure of the eastern gateway." Paleoceanography 24:

KATZ, A. and A. STARINSKY (2009). "Geochemical History of the Dead Sea." Aquatic Geochemistry 15 (1-2): 159-194

KEMPF, O., P. M. BLISNIUK, S. F. WANG, X. M. FANG, C. WROZYNA and A. SCHWALB (2009). "Sedimentology, sedimentary petrology, and paleoecology of the monsoon-driven, fluvio-lacustrine Zhada Basin, SW-Tibet." Sedimentary Geology 222 (1-2): 27-41

KENT-CORSON, M. L., B. D. RITTS, G. S. ZHUANG, P. M. BOVET, S. A. GRAHAM and C. P. CHAMBERLAIN (2009). "Stable isotopic constraints on the tectonic, topographic, and climatic evolution of the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 282 (1-4): 158-166

KOCSIS, L. S., T. W. VENNEMANN, E. HEGNER, D. FONTIGNIE and T. T¸TKEN (2009). "Constraints on Miocene oceanography and climate in the Western and Central Paratethys: O-, Sr-, and Nd-isotope compositions of marine fish and mammal remains." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 271 (1-2): 117-129

KOSTOPOULOS, D. S. (2009). "The Pikermian Event: Temporal and spatial resolution of the Turolian large mammal fauna in SE Europe." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 274 (1-2): 82-95

KOUFOS, G. D., D. S. KOSTOPOULOS and G. MERCERON (2009). "The Late Miocene Mammal Faunas of the Mytilinii Basin, Samos Island, Greece: New Collection. 17. Palaeoecology–Paleobiogeography." Beiträge zur Paläontologie 31: 409-428

KUNZMANN, L., Z. KVACEK, D. H. MAI and H. WALTHER (2009). "The genus Taxodium (Cupressaceae) in the Palaeogene and Neogene of Central Europe." Review of Palaeobotany & Palynology 153 (1-2): 153-183

LAWRENCE, K. T., T. D. HERBERT, C. M. BROWN, M. E. RAYMO and A. M. HAYWOOD (2009). "High-amplitude variations in North Atlantic sea surface temperature during the early Pliocene warm period." Paleoceanography 24:

LE FUR, S., E. FARA, H. MACKAYE, P. VIGNAUD and M. BRUNET (2009). "The mammal assemblage of the hominid site TM266 (Late Miocene, Chad Basin): ecological structure and paleoenvironmental implications." Naturwissenschaften 96 (5): 565-574

LIANG, M. Y., Z. T. GUO, A. J. KAHMANN and F. OLDFIELD (2009). "Geochemical characteristics of the Miocene eolian deposits in China: Their provenance and climate implications." Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems 10:

LIRER, F., M. HARZHAUSER, N. PELOSI, W. E. PILLER, H. P. SCHMID and M. SPROVIERI (2009). "Astronomically forced teleconnection between Paratethyan and Mediterranean sediments during the Middle and Late Miocene." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 275 (1-4): 1-13

LIU, L., J. T. ERONEN and M. FORTELIUS (2009). "Significant mid-latitude aridity in the middle Miocene of East Asia." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 279 (3-4): 201-206

LOUCHART, A., H. WESSELMAN, R. J. BLUMENSCHINE, L. J. HLUSKO, J. K. NJAU, M. T. BLACK, M. ASNAKE and T. D. WHITE (2009). "Taphonomic, Avian, and Small-Vertebrate Indicators of Ardipithecus ramidus Habitat." Science 326 (5949): 66-664

MANCIN, N., A. DI GIULIO and M. COBIANCHI (2009). "Tectonic vs. climate forcing in the Cenozoic sedimentary evolution of a foreland basin (Eastern Southalpine system, Italy)." Basin Research 21 (6): 799-823

MANZI, V., S. LUGLI, M. ROVERI and B. C. SCHREIBER (2009). "A new facies model for the Upper Gypsum of Sicily (Italy): chronological and palaeoenvironmental constraints for the Messinian salinity crisis in the Mediterranean." Sedimentology 56 (7): 1937-1960

MELINTE-DOBRINESCU, M. C., J.-P. SUC, G. CLAUZON, S.-M. POPESCU, R. ARMIJO, B. MEYER, D. BILTEKIN, M. N. ÇAGATAY, G. UCARKUS, G. JOUANNIC, S. FAUQUETTE and Z. ÇAKIR (2009). "The Messinian Salinity Crisis in the Dardanelles region: Chronostratigraphic constraints." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 278 (1-4): 24-39

MERTZ-KRAUS, R., T. C. BRACHERT, K. P. JOCHUM, M. REUTER and B. STOLL (2009). "LA-ICP-MS analyses on coral growth increments reveal heavy winter rain in the Eastern Mediterranean at 9 Ma." Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 273 (1-2): 25-40

MERTZ-KRAUS, R., T. C. BRACHERT, M. REUTER, S. J. G. GALER, C. FASSOULAS and G. ILIOPOULOS (2009). "Late Miocene sea surface salinity variability and paleoclimate conditions in the Eastern Mediterranean inferred from coral aragonite delta O-18." Chemical Geology 262 (3-4): 202-216

MICHEELS, A., J. ERONEN and V. MOSBRUGGER (2009). "The Late Miocene climate response to a modern Sahara desert." Global and Planetary Change 67 (3-4): 193-204

MOCOCHAIN, L., P. AUDRA, G. CLAUZON, O. BELLIER, J. Y. BIGOT, O. PARIZE and P. MONTEIL (2009). "The effect of river dynamics induced by the Messinian Salinity Crisis on karst landscape and caves: Example of the Lower Ardeche river (mid Rhone valley)." Geomorphology 106 (1-2): 46-61

MOLLER, L. K., E. S. RASMUSSEN and O. R. CLAUSEN (2009). "Clinoform migration patterns of a Late Miocene delta complex in the Danish Central Graben; implications for relative sea-level changes." Basin Research 21 (5): 704-720

MORGAN, M. E., A. K. BEHRENSMEYER, C. BADGLEY, J. C. BARRY, S. NELSON and D. PILBEAM (2009). "Lateral trends in carbon isotope ratios reveal a Miocene vegetation gradient in the Siwaliks of Pakistan." Geology 37 (2): 103-106

MURPHY, L. N., D. B. KIRK-DAVIDOFF, N. MAHOWALD and B. L. OTTO-BLIESNER (2009). "A numerical study of the climate response to lowered Mediterranean Sea level during the Messinian Salinity Crisis." Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 279 (1-2): 41-59

NATHAN, S. A. and R. M. LECKIE (2009). "Early history of the Western Pacific Warm Pool during the middle to late Miocene (~†13.2-5.8†Ma): Role of sea-level change and implications for equatorial circulation." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 274 (3-4): 140-159

PASSEY, B. H., L. K. AYLIFFE, A. KAAKINEN, Z. Q. ZHANG, J. T. ERONEN, Y. M. ZHU, L. P. ZHOU, T. E. CERLING and M. FORTELIUS (2009). "Strengthened East Asian summer monsoons during a period of high-latitude warmth? Isotopic evidence from Mio-Pliocene fossil mammals and soil carbonates from northern China." Earth and Planetary Science Letters 277 (3-4): 443-452

PICKFORD, M., Y. COPPENS, B. SENUT, J. MORALES and J. BRAGA (2009). "Late Miocene hominoid from Niger." Comptes Rendus Palevol 8 (4): 413-425

POSTIGO MIJARRA, J. M., E. BARRON, F. GOMEZ MANZANEQUE and C. MORLA (2009). "Floristic changes in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands (south-west Europe) during the Cenozoic." Journal of Biogeography 36 (11): 2025-2043

RIESER, A. B., A. V. BOJAR, F. NEUBAUER, J. GENSER, Y. J. LIU, X. H. GE and G. FRIEDL (2009). "Monitoring Cenozoic climate evolution of northeastern Tibet: stable isotope constraints from the western Qaidam Basin, China." International Journal of Earth Sciences 98 (5): 1063-1075

ROE, G. (2009). "On the interpretation of Chinese loess as a paleoclimate indicator." Quaternary Research 71 (2): 150-161

ROSSOUW, L., D. D. STYNDER and P. HAARHOF (2009). "Evidence for opal phytolith preservation in the Langebaanweg 'E' Quarry Varswater Formation and its potential for palaeohabitat reconstruction." South African Journal of Science 105 (5-6): 223-227

RYAN, W. B. F. (2009). "Decoding the Mediterranean salinity crisis." Sedimentology 56 (1): 95-136

SCHUSTER, M., P. DURINGER, J. F. GHIENNE, C. ROQUIN, P. SEPULCHRE, A. MOUSSA, A. E. LEBATARD, H. T. MACKAYE, A. LIKIUS, P. VIGNAUD and M. BRUNET (2009). "Chad Basin: Paleoenvironments of the Sahara since the Late Miocene." Comptes Rendus Geoscience 341 (8-9): 603-611

SENUT, B., M. PICKFORD and L. SEGALEN (2009). "Neogene desertification of Africa." Comptes Rendus Geoscience 341 (8-9): 591-602

SEPULCHRE, P., G. RAMSTEIN and M. SCHUSTER (2009). "Modelling the impact of tectonics, surface conditions and sea surface temperatures on Saharan and sub-Saharan climate evolution." Comptes Rendus Geoscience 341 (8-9): 612-620

SU, D., S. AMBROSE, D. DEGUSTA and Y. HAILE-SELASSIE (2009). "Chapter 17, Paleoenvironment." Ardipithecus kadabba: Late Miocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia, University of California Press: 521-547

TRIPATI, A. K., C. D. ROBERTS and R. A. EAGLE (2009). "Coupling of CO2 and Ice Sheet Stability Over Major Climate Transitions of the Last 20 Million Years." Science 326 (5958): 1394-1397

UTESCHER, T., D. IVANOV, M. HARZHAUSER, V. BOZUKOV, A. R. ASHRAF, C. ROLF, M. URBAT and V. MOSBRUGGER (2009). "Cyclic climate and vegetation change in the late Miocene of Western Bulgaria." Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 272 (1-2): 99-114

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