Early forest soils and their role in Devonian global change

Science

Volumn 276, Issue 5312, 1997, Pages 583-585

  Retallack, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICATE;

ARTICLE; CLAY; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; VOLCANO;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEVONIAN; FOREST; PALAEOSOL;

ANTARCTICA, VICTORIA LAND;

ANIMALIA; ENTOVALVA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0030620726     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5312.583     Document Type: Article

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51. I thank J. McPherson and P. Barrett for useful discussions and encouragement, and S. Norman, E. Krull, S. E. Robinson, and VXE6 helicopter pilots for field assistance in Antarctica. Supported by NSF grant OPP9315228.