Do fossil plants signal palaeoatmospheric CO2 concentration in the geological past?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1365, 1998, Pages 83-96

  McElwain, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eocene CO2 concentration; Lauraceae; Middle Jurassic CO2; Palaeozoic CO2 concentration; Stomatal density; Stomatal index

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; EOCENE; JURASSIC; PALAEOCLIMATE; PERMAIN; PLANT FOSSEL; VEGETATION;

EID: 0032576705     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0193     Document Type: Article

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