Biodiversity and palaeoclimatic interpretation of Early Cretaceous flora of Jabalpur Formation, Satpura Basin, India

Palaeoworld

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 253-263

  Prakash, Neeru ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Early Cretaceous; India; Palaeoclimate; Palaeovegetation; Satpura Gondwana basin

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONIFEROUS TREE; CRETACEOUS; DOMINANCE; FLORA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; GYMNOSPERM; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JABALPUR; MADHYA PRADESH; NARMADA RIVER; SATPURA BASIN; SOUTH ASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CONIFEROPHYTA; CYCADOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 55949119474     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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