Studies in neotropical paleobotany. XV. A Mio-Pliocene palynoflora from the Eastern Cordillera, Bolivia: Implications for the uplift history of the Central Andes

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1545-1557

  Graham, Alan ^a   Gregory Wodzicki, Kathryn M ^b   Wright, Kari L ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Central Andes; Mio Pliocene: paleoelevation; Palynoflora

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001543517     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558398     Document Type: Article

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