A multidisciplinary approach to reconstruct the Late Oligocene vegetation in central Europe

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 101, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 71-94

  Gastaldo, R A ^a   Riegel, W ^b   Puttmann, W ^c   Linnemann, U G ^d   Zetter, R ^e  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Geochemie Lagerstatten Erdol Kohle   (Germany)

^d Institut für Geowissenschaften   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biogeochemisty; Diaspores; Germany; Leaves; Oligocene; Paleosols; Paly nology; Palynofacies; Sedimentology; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

OLIGOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

GERMANY;

EID: 0031926471     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(97)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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