Why do foliar physiognomic climate estimates sometimes differ from those observed? Insights from taphonomic information loss and a CLAMP case study from the Ganges Delta

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 302, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 381-395

  Spicer, Robert A ^a,c   Bera, Subir ^b   De Bera, Sreelekha ^b   Spicer, Teresa E V ^c   Srivastava, Gaurav ^d   Mehrotra, Rakesh ^d   Mehrotra, Naresh ^d   Yang, Jian ^c  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^d BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

Author keywords

CLAMP; Climate; Evapotranspiration; Foliar physiognomy; Monsoon; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TAPHONOMY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; GANGES DELTA; GREEN ISLAND [QUEENSLAND]; QUEENSLAND;

DICOTYLEDONEAE;

EID: 79952739771     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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