Fossil wood from the Roztocze region (Miocene, SE Poland) - A tool for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction

Geological Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 465-474

  Kłusek, Marzena ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Fossil wood; Growth rings; Roztocze; Wood anatomy

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOSSIL; GROWTH; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; TREE RING; WOOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROZTOCZE;

TAXODIOXYLON;

EID: 33846450288     PISSN: 16417291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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