Digital future for paleoclimate estimation from fossil leaves? Preliminary results

Palaios

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 266-274

  Huff, Peter M ^a   Wilf, Peter ^b   Azumah, Ebere J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0042347788     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2003)018<0266:DFFPEF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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