Climate variations in the Boreal Triassic - Inferred from palynological records from the Barents Sea

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 290, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 20-42

  Hochuli, Peter A ^a   Vigran, Jorunn Os ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Palaeobotany; Palaeoclimate; Palynology; Triassic

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; CLIMATE VARIATION; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; PTERIDOPHYTE; SPORE; TRIASSIC;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CONIFEROPHYTA; CYCADOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; PTERIDOPHYTA; XEROPHYTA;

EID: 77951126798     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.08.013     Document Type: Article

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