Paleotemperature estimation using leaf-margin analysis: Is Australia different?

Palaios

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-139

  Greenwood, David R ^a   Wilf, Peter ^b   Wing, Scott L ^c   Christophel, David C ^d  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; FLORA; FOSSIL; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1842639594     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2004)019<0129:PEULAI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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