Palynostratigraphy and vegetation history of the triassic-jurassic transition in east Greenland

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-46

  Mander, Luke ^a,b   Kürschner, Wolfram M ^c   McElwain, Jennifer C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; DATA SUPPORT; DIVERSITY LOSS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GREENLAND; MACROFOSSILS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; PALYNOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEQUENCE OF EVENTS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; ISOTOPES; STRATIGRAPHY;

VEGETATION;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TRIASSIC; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

CLASSOPOLLIS; TUBERCULATUS;

EID: 84871910945     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs2012-018     Document Type: Article

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