Climate and vegetational regime shifts in the late Paleozoic ice age earth

Geobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 200-226

  Dimichele, W A ^a   MontaNez I P ^b   Poulsen, C J ^c   Tabor, N J ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; EARTH; EVERGREEN FOREST; GLOBAL WARMING; PANGAEA; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY; VEGETATION TYPE; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; FOSSIL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANT; SEDIMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANTS;

EID: 63449113893     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2009.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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