Early Palaeocene palaeoclimatic inferences from fossil floras of the western interior, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 145-164

  Davies Vollum, K Siân ^a,b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

K T boundary; Leaf physiognomy; North America; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

PALAEOBOTANY; PALAEOCENE; PALAEOCLIMATE; VEGETATION;

USA;

EID: 0031434008     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00092-8     Document Type: Article

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