Palaeofloristic and palaeovegetational changes across the Paleocene/Eocene boundary in northern South America

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 83-95

  Rull, Valentí ^a  

^a PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Diversity; Neotropics; Palaeoecology; Paleocene Eocene boundary; Palynology; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; FLORA; PALEOCENE; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; VEGETATION;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0032829391     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(99)00014-7     Document Type: Article

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