A bioclimatic analysis of early to Middle Miocene brown coal floras, Latrobe Valley, south-eastern Australia

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 373-387

  Kershaw, A P ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATIC ANALYSIS; BROWN COAL; MIOCENE; PALAEOBOTANY; PALAEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION;

AUSTRALIA; LATROBE VALLEY; VICTORIA;

EID: 0030705948     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT96033     Document Type: Article

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