Triassic amber of the Southern Alps (Italy)

Palaios

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-154

  Roghi, Guido ^a   Ragazzi, Eugenio ^b   Gianolla, Piero ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBER; DOLOMITE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRIASSIC;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

CHEIROLEPIDIACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33646131600     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2005.p05-68     Document Type: Article

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