Fossil woods from Auchas and their palaeoenvironment

Memoir of the Geological Survey of Namibia

Volumn , Issue 19, 2003, Pages 23-34

  Bamford, Marion K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLORA; FOSSIL; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MIOCENE; NEW SPECIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEASONALITY; WOOD;

AFRICA; ORANGE RIVER; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BURSERACEAE; COMBRETACEAE; TERMINALIOXYLON;

EID: 37349090701     PISSN: 10184325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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