The late Eocene House Range flora, Sevier Desert, Utah: Paleoclimate and paleoelevation

Palaios

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 552-567

  Gregory Wodzicki, Kathryn M ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GASTROPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

ALTITUDE; EOCENE; PALAEOBOTANY; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY;

USA, UTAH, SEVIER DESERT;

EID: 0031402493     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515411     Document Type: Article

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