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Mats Rundgren

Mats Rundgren

Senior lecturer

Mats Rundgren

CO2 Reconstruction from Fossil Leaves

Author

  • M. Rundgren

Summary, in English

This article provides a review of the application of stomatal frequency analysis to fossil leaves in the reconstruction of past atmospheric CO2 concentrations. It presents the physiological basis of the method, an overview of its application to leaves of Quaternary age, and an assessment of its potential and limitations. It also includes a description of the successive stages in a stomatal frequency study, supplemented by methodological guidelines.

Department/s

  • Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGeo)
  • Department of Geology
  • MERGE: ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system

Publishing year

2024

Language

English

Pages

Vol5:535-Vol5:543

Publication/Series

Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Other Earth Sciences (including Geographical Information Science)

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9780443299971
  • ISBN: 9780323999311