Pennsylvanian coniferopsid forests in sabkha facies reveal the nature of seasonal tropical biome

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-374

  Falcon Lang, Howard J ^a   Jud, Nathan A ^b   John Nelson, W ^c   DiMichele, William A ^d   Chaney, Dan S ^d   Lucas, Spencer G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRY CONDITION; DRY VEGETATION; NEW MEXICO; OPEN CANOPIES; SPATIAL DENSITIES; TREE RINGS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

VEGETATION;

CLIMATE MODELS;

BIOME; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; FACIES ANALYSIS; FOREST CANOPY; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PENNSYLVANIAN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TREE RING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODLAND;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPSIDA;

EID: 79954619895     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31764.1     Document Type: Article

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