Upper Triassic amber from the Dolomites (Northern Italy). A paleoclimatic indicator?

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 381-390

  Gianolla, Piero ^a   Ragazzi, Eugenio ^a   Roghi, Guido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amber; Dolomites; Infrared spectroscopy; Paleoclimate; Palynology; Upper Triassic

Indexed keywords

AMBER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; TRIASSIC;

ITALY;

EID: 0032470189     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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