Reconstruction of Tertiary Metasequoiaforests. II. Structure, biomass, and productivity of Eocene floodplain forests in the Canadian Arctic

• Published in: Paleobiology
• Main Authors: Williams, Christopher J., Johnson, Arthur H., LePage, Ben A., Vann, David R., Sweda, Tatsuo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2003
• Subjects: Arctic; Axel Heiberg Island; Canada; Heiberg; Nunavut
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/s009483730001811x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S009483730001811X

Abundant fossil plant remains are preserved in the high-latitude middle Eocene deposits of the Buchanan Lake Formation on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada. Intact leaf litter, logs, and stumps preserved in situ as mummified remains offer an opportunity to determine the structure, bioma...