Reconstructing palaeotemperatures using leaf floras - Case studies for a comparison of leaf margin analysis and the coexistence approach

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 126, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 49-64

  Uhl, D ^a   Mosbrugger, V ^a   Bruch, A ^a   Utescher, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coexistence approach; Leaf margin analysis; Leaf physiognomy; Nearest living relatives; Palaeoclimate; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; TAPHONOMY; TERTIARY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 0346344087     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(03)00058-7     Document Type: Article

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