Article:
Quaternary International, Volume 219, Issues 1-2, 1 june 2010, Pages 152 -167.
Authors:
Sperata-Maria Popescu, Demet Biltekin, Hana Winter, Jean-Pierre Suc, Mihaela-Carmen Melinte-Dobrinescu, Stephane Klotz, Marina Rabineau, Nathalie Combourieu-Nebout, Georges Clauzon, Florina Deaconu.
Abstract:
The biostratigraphically calibrated long pollen record at DSDP Site 380 (southwestern Black Sea) displays a high-resolution continuous and contrasted evolution of the vegetation in the region for the entire Pliocene and Lower Pleistocene. An accurate correlation is established with the reference global oxygen isotopic curve and with the Northwestern European climatostratigraphy. Climatostratigraphic relationships are evident at the latitudinal and longitudinal scale of Europe, confirming the extensive strength of pollen analysis as a tool for correlations over large distances.