Biodiversity and terrestrial ecology of a mid-Cretaceous, high-latitude floodplain, Alexander Island, Antarctica

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 709-724

  Falcon Lang, H J ^a   Cantrill, D J ^a   Nichols, G J ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albian; Antarctica; Conifers; Polar regions; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FLOODPLAIN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLAR REGION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0034774255     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.158.4.709     Document Type: Article

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