Late Paleozoic continental warming of a cold tropical basin and floristic change in western Pangea

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 177-186

  Tabor, Neil J ^a   DiMichele, William A ^b   Montañez, Isabel P ^c   Chaney, Dan S ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological diversity; Paleobotany; Paleoclimate; Paleotemperature; Pennsylvanian; Permian

Indexed keywords

PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATES; PALEOTEMPERATURES; PENNSYLVANIANS; PERMIAN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIODIVERSITY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SILICATES; SOILS; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

TROPICS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIODIVERSITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OXYGEN; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALEOZOIC; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN; SOIL TEMPERATURE; STRATIGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WARMING;

AFRICA;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; MARATTIALES; SIGILLARIA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 84886093006     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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