Discriminating fossil evergreen and deciduous Quercus pollen: A case study from the Miocene of eastern China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 289-303

  Zetter, Reinhard ^b   Ferguson, David K ^b   Mohr, Barbara A R ^c  

^a Christopher) Yu Sheng   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

eastern China; evergreen and deciduous; Fagaceae; Miocene; pollen grains; Quercus

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MIOCENE; MORPHOTYPE; PALYNOLOGY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG;

FAGACEAE; QUERCUS;

EID: 34249065005     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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