Fossil plants from the pliocene sirius group, transantarctic mountains: Evidence for climate from growth rings and fossil leaves

Palaios

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 389-396

  Francis, Jane E ^a   Hill, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS BEARDMORENSIS;

FOSSIL WOOD; GROWTH RING; MORPHOLOGY; NOTHOFAGUS BEARDMORENSIS; PALAEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE;

ANTARCTICA, TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030440761     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515248     Document Type: Article

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