A spatial and temporal Eocene palaeoenvironmental study, focusing on the Proteaceae family, from Kambalda, Western Australia

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 131, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 159-180

  Itzstein Davey, Freea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eocene; pollen; Proteaceae; south western Australia; vegetation

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLLEN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KAMBALDA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ARAUCARIA; CASUARINACEAE; GYMNOSPERMAE; MYRTACEAE; NOTHOFAGUS; PODOCARPUS; PROTEACEAE;

EID: 3543133688     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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