Quantitative palaeoclimate estimates for Early Miocene southern New Zealand: Evidence from Foulden Maar

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 378, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-44

  Reichgelt, Tammo ^a   Kennedy, Elizabeth M ^b   Mildenhall, Dallas C ^b   Conran, John G ^c   Greenwood, David R ^d   Lee, Daphne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Floral proxies; Miocene; New Zealand; Palaeoclimate

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIATOMITE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; ISLAND; LEAF; MIOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

NEW ZEALAND;

PODOCARPUS;

EID: 84876988427     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.03.019     Document Type: Article

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