Molecular preservation of Cenozoic conifer fossil lagersttten from banks island, the canadian Arctic

• Published in: PALAIOS
• Main Authors: Witkowski, Caitlyn, Gupta, Neal S., Yang, Hong, Leng, Qin, Williams, Christopher J., Briggs, Derek E G, Summons, Roger E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Canada; Heiberg; Axel Heiberg Island; Arctic Archipelago; Banks Island
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/8ffe4b82-aed1-4ecf-9683-5341cbc7733c; https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2011.p11-031r; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84862136991&partnerID=8YFLogxK

The molecular preservation of exceptionally preserved conifer needles from middle Miocene and Pliocene deposits on Banks Island, Canada, was investigated using pyrolysisgas chromatographymass spectrometry (Py-GC-MS). Solvent-extracted residues from Miocene Larix, Glyptostrobus, and Pinus, Pliocene P...