Comparison of leaf lipids from a fossil ginkgoalean plant and its extant counterpart at two degradation stages: Diagenetic and chemotaxonomic implications

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 63-78

  Nguyen Tu, Thanh Thuy ^a,b   Derenne, Sylvie ^b   Largeau, Claude ^b   Mariotti, André ^a   Bocherens, Hervé ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Diagenesis; Eretmophyllum andegavense; Fossil leaves; Ginkgo biloba; Leaf lipids; Litter

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; CHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; DIAGENESIS; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LITTER; PHYLOGENETICS;

ERETMOPHYLLUM ANDEGAVENSE; GINKGO BILOBA; GINKGOALES;

EID: 0242500272     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(02)00248-8     Document Type: Article

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