Late early-late Cretaceous floras of the North Pacific Region: Florogenesis and early angiosperm invasion

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-11

  Herman, Alexei B ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alaska; Angiosperm invasion; Asia; Cretaceous; Florogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; ANGIOSPERM; COASTAL PLAIN; CRETACEOUS; FLORA; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ALBIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036811301     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(02)00085-4     Document Type: Article

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