Testing the climatic estimates from different palaeobotanical methods: An example from the Middle Miocene Shanwang flora of China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 279-301

  Liang, Ming Mei ^a,b,d,e   Bruch, Angela ^b   Collinson, Margaret ^c   Mosbrugger, Volker ^b   Li, Cheng Sen ^a   Sun, Qi Gao ^a   Hilton, Jason ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CLAMP; Coexistence approach; Leaf margin analysis; Megaflora; Miocene; Palynoflora; Quantitative palaeoclimate; Shanwang

Indexed keywords

LEAF; MIOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

(EAST); CHINA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0141862022     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00471-1     Document Type: Article

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