A 300-million-year record of atmospheric carbon dioxide from fossil plant cuticles

Nature

Volumn 411, Issue 6835, 2001, Pages 287-290

  Retallack, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ISOTOPES; METHANE; PLANTS (BOTANY); VAPORS;

PALEOTEMPERATURE RECORDS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; LEAF; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CLIMATE; CUTICLE; FOSSIL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATMOSPHERE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLD CLIMATE; FOSSILS; GINKGO BILOBA; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE; METHANE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLLEN; SEASONS; WATER;

EID: 0035902107     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35077041     Document Type: Article

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