Humidity estimate for the middle Eocene Arctic rain forest

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 463-466

  Jahren, A Hope ^a   Sternberg, Leonel Silveira Lobo ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Cellulose; Eocene; Humidity; Metasequoia; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

RAIN FORESTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; CELLULOSE; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; WOOD;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EOCENE; HUMIDITY; PALEOCLIMATE; RAINFOREST; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CELLULOSE; FORESTS; FOSSILS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMIDITY; WOOD;

CANADA;

EID: 0037983717     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0463:HEFTME>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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