Structure of a corystosperm fossil forest from the Late Triassic of Argentina

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 243, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 451-470

  Artabe, Analía E ^a,b   Spalletti, Luis A ^a   Brea, Mariana ^c   Iglesias, Ari ^a,b   Morel, Eduardo M ^a,d   Ganuza, Daniel G ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c CICYTTP Diamante CONICET   (Argentina)

^d Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Fossil forest; Fossil wood; Palaeoclimatology; Tree rings; Triassic

Indexed keywords

DENDROECOLOGY; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; PHENOLOGY; TREE RING; TRIASSIC; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; SOUTH AMERICA;

RHEXOXYLON;

EID: 33845681206     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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