Late paleocene-early eocene climate changes in Southwestern Wyoming: Paleobotanical analysis

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 292-307

  Wilf, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKES; MAMMALS;

FOSSIL PLANT MATERIAL; GLOBAL TEMPERATURES; INTENSIVE SAMPLING; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; PLANT MACROFOSSILS; SPECIES TURNOVER; TAXONOMIC AFFINITY;

TROPICS;

EOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 84879885064     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2000)112<292:LPECCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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