Evaluating the mid Miocene paleoclimate of Lower Carinthia (Austria) based on high resolution palynological studies from the Lavanttal Basin

• Main Authors: Grímsson, F., Bouchal, Johannes M., Grimm, Guido, Zetter, Reinhard
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Enheten för paleobiologi 2016
• Subjects: Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Multidisciplinär geovetenskap; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:nrm:diva-1794

Köppen signatures (Denk et al. 2013, Grímsson et al. 2015) can be used to generalize the climatic niche occupied by potential modern analogues (PMA) of fossil plants (here: palynological) assemblages. The Köppen climate system distinguishes climate zones by certain abiotic parameters or combinati...