Jurassic "savannah" - Plant taphonomy and climate of the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic, Western USA)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 137-162

  Parrish, Judith Totman ^a   Peterson, Fred ^b   Turner, Christine E ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Megaplants; Morrison Formation; Paleoclimate; Paleoecology; Upper Jurassic

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; SAVANNA; TAPHONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN INTERIOR;

EID: 2642571100     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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