Late Cretaceous plant mesofossils from Table Nunatak, Antarctica

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-228

  Eklund, Helena ^a   Cantrill, David J ^b   Francis, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Angiosperms; Antarctica; Charcoal; Conifers; Ferns; Late Cretaceous; Lycopods; Plant mesofossils

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; CRETACEOUS; FERN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION;

ANTARCTICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; LYCOPODIUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 2442647465     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2003.11.004     Document Type: Article

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