Pliocene palaeoenvironment and correlation of the Sessenheim-Auenheim floristic complex (Alsace, France)

Abstract

For the first time modern quantitative techniques have been employed to the Pliocene floristic complex of the Sessenheim-Auenheim area in Northern Alsace, France, in order to objectively assess vegetation reconstruction (IPR vegetation analysis) and palaeoclimatological estimates (CLAMP, CoA) based on the recently revised leaf and carpological assemblages from this area.

Keywords

• macroflora
• IPR vegetation analysis
• CoA
• CLAMP
• palaeoclimate
• Pliocene
• Alsace