Biomarker and carbon isotope variation in coal and fossil wood of Central Europe through the Cenozoic

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 262, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 166-175

  Bechtel, Achim ^a,b   Gratzer, Reinhard ^b   Sachsenhofer, Reinhard F ^b   Gusterhuber, Jürgen ^b   Lücke, Andreas ^c   Püttmann, Wilhelm ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Carbon isotopes; Coal; Fossil wood; Palaeoclimate; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; BIOMARKER; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAL; EOCENE; FOSSIL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLANT; PLIOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TERTIARY; TREE RING; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WOOD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EMBRYOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 43749090411     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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