Keyword

Miocene

Description: The Miocene is an epoch of the Neogene Period, spanning approximately 23 to 5.3 million years ago, studied in geology and paleontology.

Primary topic: Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (24%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q76267

OpenAlex ID: keywords/miocene

Extension in the Tyrrhenian Sea and shortening in the Apennines as result of arc migration driven by sinking of the lithosphere

1986 · Alberto Malinverno, William B. F. Ryan · Tectonics · 1,887

Chronology, causes and progression of the Messinian salinity crisis

1999 · W. Krijgsman, F. J. Hilgen, et al. · Nature · 1,843

Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations over the past 60 million years

2000 · Paul N. Pearson, Martin R. Palmer · Nature · 1,766

Late Middle Eocene to Recent Planktonic Foraminiferal Biostratigraphy

1969 · Walter H. Blow · BRILL eBooks · 1,603

C 4 photosynthesis, atmospheric CO 2 , and climate

1997 · James R. Ehleringer, Thure E. Cerling, et al. · Oecologia · 1,395

Fluvial sedimentology

1979 · Earth-Science Reviews · 1,391

Interpreting carbon-isotope excursions: carbonates and organic matter

1999 · Lee R. Kump, Michael A. Arthur · Chemical Geology · 1,171

Unlocking the Ice House: Oligocene‐Miocene oxygen isotopes, eustasy, and margin erosion

1991 · Kenneth G. Miller, James D. Wright, et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1,140

Tertiary oxygen isotope synthesis, sea level history, and continental margin erosion

1987 · Kenneth G. Miller, Richard G. Fairbanks, et al. · Paleoceanography · 1,138

Paleogeographic maps of the Japanese Islands: Plate tectonic synthesis from 750 Ma to the present

1997 · Shigenori Maruyama, Yukio Isozaki, et al. · Island Arc · 1,104

Oxygen isotope calibration of the onset of ice-rafting and history of glaciation in the North Atlantic region

1984 · N. J. Shackleton, J. Backman, et al. · Nature · 1,075

Late Miocene Desiccation of the Mediterranean

1973 · K. J. HSÜ, W. B. F. RYAN, et al. · Nature · 1,013

The micropaleontology of oceans

1972 · C. Emiliani · Earth-Science Reviews · 1,012

Origin and Evolution of Tropical Rain Forests

2000 · Robyn J. Burnham, Robert J. Morley · Palaios · 980

The Miocene land mammals of Europe

2000 · Choice Reviews Online · 971

Calcic soils of the southwestern United States

1985 · Michael N. Machette · Geological Society of America eBooks · 971

Development of Asian monsoon revealed by marked ecological shift during the latest Miocene in northern Pakistan

1989 · Jay Quade, Thure E. Cerling, et al. · Nature · 918

How old is the Asian monsoon system?—Palaeobotanical records from China

2005 · Xiangjun Sun, Pinxian Wang · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · 895

Mesozoic and Cenozoic Sequence Stratigraphy of European Basins

1998 · VECSEI A, SANDERS D, et al. · SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) eBooks · 877

Palaeogeographic Considerations for Mediterranean and Paratethys Seaways (Oligocene to Miocene)

1998 · Von Fred · 839

Palaeo-altimetry of the late Eocene to Miocene Lunpola basin, central Tibet

2006 · David B. Rowley, Brian S. Currie · Nature · 802

Biology of Marine Mammals

2000 · M.B. Santos Vázquez · Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology · 733

Constant elevation of southern Tibet over the past 15 million years

2003 · Robert A. Spicer, Nigel B. W. Harris, et al. · Nature · 671

A precise 40Ar–39Ar reference age for the Durango apatite (U–Th)/He and fission-track dating standard

2004 · Fred W. McDowell, William C. McIntosh, et al. · Chemical Geology · 651

Deep roots of the Messinian salinity crisis

2003 · Svend Duggen, Kaj Hoernle, et al. · Nature · 605

Works count: 33,380

Citation count: 403,700