Fossil plants as indicators of the phanerozoic global carbon cycle

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue , 2002, Pages 527-556

  Beerling, D J ^a   Royer, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Leaf fossils; Stable carbon isotopes; Stomata

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOLOGY;

FOSSIL PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON CYCLE; FLORA; FOSSIL; PALEOBOTANY; PHANEROZOIC;

EID: 0036435965     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.30.091201.141413     Document Type: Article

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