Palaeoecology of Late Cretaceous polar vegetation preserved in the Hansen Point Volcanics, NW Ellesmere Island, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 212, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 45-64

  Falcon Lang, H J ^a,d   MacRae, R A ^b   Csank, A Z ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic; Conifers; Cretaceous; Fossil woods; growth rings; palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MIRE; PALEOECOLOGY; POLAR REGION; VEGETATION; VOLCANISM;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; CONIFEROPHYTA; CYCADOPSIDA; FILICOPHYTA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 4444367603     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.05.016     Document Type: Article

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