Paratropical floral extinction in the Late Palaeocene-Early Eocene

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 323-332

  Harrington, Guy J ^a   Jaramillo, Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; EXTINCTION; FLORA; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PALEOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947383672     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-027     Document Type: Article

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