Late Eocene-Early Oligocene paleofloristic patterns in southern Mississippi and Alabama, US Gulf Coast

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 23-34

  Oboh, Francisca E ^a   Jaramillo, Carlos A ^a   Reeves Morris, Lisa M ^b  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALAEOBOTANY; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALYNOMORPH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

USA, ALABAMA, GULF COAST; USA, MISSISSIPPI, GULF COAST;

EID: 0029669279     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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