Tracking Taphonomic Regimes Using Chemical and Mechanical Damage of Pollen and Spores: An Example from the Triassic-Jurassic Mass Extinction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Mander, Luke ^a   Wesseln, Cassandra J ^a   McElwain, Jennifer C ^b   Punyasena, Surangi W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; END TRIASSIC MASS EXTINCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL PLANT; FOSSIL POLLEN; FOSSIL SPORE; IRELAND; NONHUMAN; PLANT DAMAGE; PLANT TAXONOMY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPOROMORPH; TAPHONOMY; VEGETATION;

EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; GREENLAND; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANTS; POLLEN; SPORES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84868709766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049153     Document Type: Article

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