Climatic and tectonic implications of the late Miocene Jakokkota flora, Bolivian Altiplano

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 533-560

  Gregory Wodzicki, Kathryn M ^a   McIntosh, W C ^b   Velasquez, Kattia ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; MIOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; TECTONICS;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0032441815     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(98)00031-5     Document Type: Article

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