Fossil woods

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9789048199556, 2011, Pages 217-233

  Bamford, Marion K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Montane; Silicified wood; Vegetation associations; Woodland

Indexed keywords

EID: 85045110079     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9956-3_10     Document Type: Chapter

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