Fossil plant evidence for Early and Middle Jurassic paleoenvironmental changes in Lanzhou area, Northwest China

Palaeoworld

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 215-221

  Sun, Bai Nian ^a,b   Xie, San Ping ^a   Yan, De Fei ^a   Cong, Pei Yun ^b,c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^c YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Fossil Ginkgo; Jurassic; Paleo CO2; Stomata

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL; JURASSIC; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; STOMATA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 55949107303     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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