The Arctic forest of the middle Eocene

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue , 2007, Pages 509-540

  Jahren, A Hope ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Fossil Forest; Metasequoia; Paleoenvironment; Paleosol; Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; GEOCHEMISTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOFTWOODS;

BIOMAKER; EOCENE; FOSSIL FOREST; LUSH FORESTS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ANGIOSPERM; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMARKER; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EOCENE; FOSSIL RECORD; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANGIOSPERMS; CLIMATES; FORESTS; FOSSILS; GEOCHEMISTRY; HUMIDITY; METASEQUOIA; SOFTWOODS;

AXEL HEIBERG ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; METASEQUOIA;

EID: 34250633936     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.35.031306.140125     Document Type: Article

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