A multi-proxy approach to determine Antarctic terrestrial palaeoclimate during the Late Cretaceous and Early Tertiary

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 95-121

  Poole, Imogen ^a,b   Cantrill, David ^c   Utescher, Torsten ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Coexistence approach; Fossil; Nearest living relatives; Palaeoclimate; Wood

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; PALEOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; VEGETATION;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

CONIACIAN; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 20444417126     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.03.011     Document Type: Article

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