The potential of fossil angiosperm wood to reconstruct the palaeoclimate in the Tertiary of Central Europe (Czech Republic, Germany)

Acta Palaeobotanica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-133

  Sakla, Jakub ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Czech Republic; Fossil angiosperm wood; Germany; Palaeoclimate reconstruction; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ANGIOSPERM; COEXISTENCE; FLORA; FOSSIL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; TAXONOMY; TERTIARY; WOOD;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; PREALPS;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 38049083893     PISSN: 00016594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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