Reconstruction of atmospheric co2 during the early middle eocene by application of a gas exchange model to fossil plants from the messel formation, Germany

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 309, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 383-391

  Grein, M ^a   Konrad, W ^b   Wilde, V ^c   Utescher, T ^d   Roth Nebelsick, A ^a  

^a STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric CO2; Gas exchange; Messel; Middle Eocene; Palaeoclimate; Stomata

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DATA SET; EOCENE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; GAS EXCHANGE; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; LEAF; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RECONSTRUCTION; STOMATA; TAXONOMY; WATER VAPOR;

DARMSTADT; GERMANY; HESSE; MESSEL;

EMBRYOPHYTA; LAURACEAE; LAUROPHYLLUM; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRTACEAE; RHODOMYRTOPHYLLUM;

EID: 80051694953     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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