A Paleogene flora from the upper Bonnet Plume Formation of northeast Yukon Territory, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 547-558

  Vavrek, Matthew J ^a   Evans, David C ^a   Braman, Dennis R ^b   Campione, Nicolás E ^c   Zazula, Grant D ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Government of Yukon   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO; LATE CRETACEOUS; PALEOCENE; PALEOGENE;

EARTH SCIENCES;

DEPOSITS;

CRETACEOUS; DECIDUOUS TREE; FILL; FLORISTICS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGENE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PLUME;

ALASKA; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

CORYLITES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84857592683     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E11-073     Document Type: Article

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