Carbon-isotope variability of Triassic amber, as compared with wood and leaves (Southern Alps, Italy)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 302, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 187-193

  Dal Corso, Jacopo ^a   Preto, Nereo ^a   Kustatscher, Evelyn ^c   Mietto, Paolo ^a   Roghi, Guido ^b   Jenkyns, Hugh C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Museo di Scienze Naturali dell'Alto Adige   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amber; Carbon isotopes; Fossil leaves; Fossil wood; Middle Late triassic; Southern alps

Indexed keywords

AMBER; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL RECORD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAF; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TRIASSIC; WOOD;

ITALY; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 79952739455     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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