Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of a Middle Miocene forest from the western Canadian Arctic

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 160-176

  Williams, Christopher J ^a   Mendell, Emily K ^b   Murphy, Jennifer ^c   Court, Wesley M ^a   Johnson, Arthur H ^d   Richter, Suzanna L ^d  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ballast brook formation; Fossil wood; Glyptostrobus; Metasequoia; Pinus; Taxodiaceae

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DOMINANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL RECORD; GROWTH RATE; IN SITU TEST; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEED;

BANKS ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

CUPRESSACEAE; GLYPTOSTROBUS; METASEQUOIA; PICEA; PINACEAE; STROBUS;

EID: 41549125419     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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