Cretaceous and Cenozoic vegetation of Antarctica integrating the fossil wood record

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 258, Issue , 2006, Pages 63-81

  Poole, Imogen ^a,b   Cantrill, David J ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; FLORA; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY; WOOD;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 33745936025     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.258.01.05     Document Type: Article

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