A high-resolution three-dimensional reconstruction of a fossil forest (Upper Jurassic Shishugou Formation, Junggar Basin, Northwest China)

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 215-240

  Hinz, Juliane K ^a   Smith, Ian ^b   Pfretzschner, Hans Ulrich ^a   Wings, Oliver ^a,c   Sun, Ge ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d SHENYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Araucaria; Biomass estimation; Fossil forest; Junggar Basin; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAMETER; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVERGREEN TREE; FERN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOSSIL RECORD; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CHINA; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

ANGIOPTERIS; ARAUCARIA; ARAUCARIACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CONIFEROPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; OSMUNDA;

EID: 78149410049     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-010-0036-y     Document Type: Article

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