Palaeoproxies: Botanical monitors and recorders of atmospheric change

Palaeontology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 759-768

  Lomax, Barry H ^a   Fraser, Wesley T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CO 2; Atmospheric change; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; Palaeoproxies; Sporopollenin; Stomata; UV B

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; STOMATA; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 84940450868     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12180     Document Type: Article

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