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Klappentext An important early work of palaeobotany by one of the pioneers in the field. Zusammenfassung This Sedgwick Prize essay was the foundation of Seward's distinguished career in palaeobotany. It explores what the age and location of fossilised flora can reveal about the climates of different geological periods and sets out the state of knowledge in the field in 1892. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Historical sketch; 2. Plant distribution; 3. Plants and low temperatures: Arctic vegetation; 4. The influence of external conditions upon the macroscopic and microscopic structures of plants; 5. Annual rings in recent and fossil plants; 6. Arctic fossil plants; 7. Carboniferous period; 8. Pleistocene plants and conclusion; List of works; Index.
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Introduction; 1. Historical sketch; 2. Plant distribution; 3. Plants and low temperatures: Arctic vegetation; 4. The influence of external conditions upon the macroscopic and microscopic structures of plants; 5. Annual rings in recent and fossil plants; 6. Arctic fossil plants; 7. Carboniferous period; 8. Pleistocene plants and conclusion; List of works; Index.
