Early Jurassic (late Pliensbachian) CO2 concentrations based on stomatal analysis of fossil conifer leaves from eastern Australia

Gondwana Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 932-939

  Steinthorsdottir, M ^a   Vajda, V ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Araucariaceae; Early Jurassic CO2; Paleo CO2 concentrations; Southern Hemisphere conifers; Stomatal proxy method

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONIFEROUS TREE; FOSSIL; LEAF; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PLIENSBACHIAN; RECONSTRUCTION; STOMATA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84925342534     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.08.021     Document Type: Article

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