Vegetation and climate in the latest Oligocene-earliest Miocene in Jylland, Denmark

• Published in: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
• Main Authors: Larsson, Linda, Vajda, Vivi, Dybkjaer, Karen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2010
• Subjects: Geology; Denmark; palynoflora; palaeobotany; climate change; Miocene; Oligocene; miospores; pollen; Antarctic; Jylland; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1587923; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.revpalbo.2009.12.002

Two exposures in Jylland, Denmark, encompassing beds of latest Oligocene to earliest Miocene age (latest Chattian-early Aquitanian) yielded well-preserved palynofloras. The assemblages indicate that Jylland was covered by extensive Taxodiaceae swamp forests in the mid-Cenozoic. Besides a Taxodiaceae...