Climatic oscillations stall vegetation recovery from K/Pg event devastation

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 477-482

  Jolley, D W ^a   Daly, R ^a   Gilmour, I ^b   Kelley, S P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC OSCILLATIONS; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; METEORITE CRATER; NEGATIVE CARBON ISOTOPE EXCURSIONS; RE-COLONIZATION; VEGETATION COMMUNITY; VEGETATION DESTRUCTION; VEGETATION RECOVERY;

ISOTOPES; MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

RECOVERY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; FLORA; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOGENE; PALYNOLOGY; RECOLONIZATION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BOLTYSH CRATER; KIROVOHRAD; UKRAINE;

FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 84877628981     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs2012-088     Document Type: Article

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