Eocene dry climate and woodland vegetation in tropical Africa reconstructed from fossil leaves from northern Tanzania

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 115-123

  Jacobs, Bonnie F ^a   Herendeen, Patrick S ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Eocene; Paleobotany; Paleoclimate; Paleogene; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; LEAF; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; TROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 4644275466     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(04)00368-2     Document Type: Article

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