Morphometric analysis of Cretaceous (Cenomanian) angiosperm woods from the Czech Republic

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 375-385

  Oakley, Daniel ^a   Falcon Lang, Howard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

charcoal; Cretaceous; early angiosperms; fossil wood; wildfire

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CHARCOAL; CRETACEOUS; FACIES; FOSSIL RECORD; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOMETRY; MORPHOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN FOREST; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHRUB; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WILDFIRE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 59649121101     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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