Leaf margin analysis: Taphonomic constraints

Palaios

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 498-505

  Greenwood, David R ^a  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TAPHONOMY;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 27144517470     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2004.P04-58     Document Type: Article

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