Onset of the Middle Eocene global cooling and expansion of open-vegetation habitats in central Patagonia;Inicio del enfriamiento global del eoceno medio y expansión de ambientes con vegetación abierta en la Patagonia central

Andean Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-48

  Bellosi, Eduardo S ^a   Krause, J Marcelo ^b  

^a MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO PALEONTOLÓGICO EGIDIO FERUGLIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Greenhouse icehouse transition; Open herbaceous communities; Paleoclimate; Paleosol

Indexed keywords

EOCENE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PALYNOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY;

PATAGONIA;

ARECACEAE; CAREX; DICOTYLEDONEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 84897902432     PISSN: 07187092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5027/andgeoV41n1-a02     Document Type: Article

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