Miocene vegetation and climate dynamics in Eastern and Central Paratethys (Southeastern Europe)

The available data indicate that major vegetation changes occur in the late Miocene. This period is characterized by more diverse climatic conditions, which were directed by global climatic changes and probably complicated by regional palaeogeographic reorganizations and tectonic processes. Slight cooling and some drying is recorded for the beginning of the Late Miocene, followed by fluctuations of palaeoclimate parameters observed which display cycling change of humid/dryer and warmer/cooler conditions. Our study provides a new insights on the Miocene vegetation and climate dynamics and evolution in Southeastern Europe.