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http://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/informationpointOfContact2011-06-23T00:00:00Zhttp://sedis.iodp.org/pub-catalogue/index.php?id=2008-1144762007-01-01publicationgeorefid:2008-114476Jimenez-Moreno, G.Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon I, Laboratoire Paleonvironnement et Paleobiosphere, Villeurbanne, FranceauthorPopescu, S. M.University of Leeds, United KingdomauthorIvanov, D.PetroStrat, United KingdomauthorSuc, J. P.University of Bristol, United KingdomauthorGeological Society of London, London, United KingdompublisherdocumentHardcopyIn: Williams, M. (editor), Haywood, A. M. (editor), Gregory, F. J. (editor), Schmidt, D. N. (editor), Deep-time perspectives on climate change; marrying the signal from computer models and biological proxies503-516Pollen analysis of Miocene and Pliocene sediments from southeastern Europe and the northeastern Mediterranean is represented in pollen synthetic diagrams based on ecological criteria in order to clearly visualize changes in the composition and structure of the vegetation through time. New pollen data, together with abundant existing palynological information from this area, show a progressive reduction in plant diversity caused by a decrease in the most thermophilous and high-water requirement plants and, on the contrary, an increase in warm-temperate (mesothermic) and seasonal-adapted taxa during the Middle-Late Miocene and Pliocene. At the same time, an increase in high-elevation trees and herbs has been recorded, with a strong augmentation in Artemisia, first in the eastern Mediterranean and later on in the western Mediterranean area. This has been interpreted as a response of the vegetation to global and regional processes, including climate cooling related to the development of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS), uplift of regional mountains during Alpine orogenesis and progressive movement of Eurasia towards northern latitudes as a result of the northwards collision of Africa.completedStratigraphyAsiaassemblagesBlack SeaCenozoicCreteDeep Sea Drilling ProjectDSDP Site 380East MediterraneanEuropeGreeceLeg 42BMediterranean SeamicrofossilsMiddle EastMiocenemiosporesNeogenepaleoclimatologypaleoenvironmentpalynomorphsPliocenepollenSerbiaSouthern Europesteppesterrestrial environmentTertiaryTurkeyvegetationurn:org.iodp:exp:42:site:380urnlargerWorkCitationstudyurn:org.iodp:exp:42urnlargerWorkCitationcampaignEnglishgeoscientificInformation21.000029.365434.550045.0000Crete