Test of climate-leaf physiognomy regression models, their application to two Miocene floras from Kenya, and 40Ar/39Ar dating of the Late Miocene Kapturo site

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 123, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 259-271

  Jacobs, Bonnie F ^a   Deino, Alan L ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMO; VERTEBRATA;

ARGON-40/ARGON-39 DATING; LEAF PHYSIOGNOMY; MIOCENE; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION;

KENYA, TUGEN HILLS KABARSERO; KENYA, TUGEN HILLS, KAPTURO;

EID: 0030176869     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(96)00102-2     Document Type: Article

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