Quelques implications paléoclimatiques de l'observation de bois fossiles du Wealdien du bassin de Mons (Belgique) - Résultats préliminaires

International audience ; Tree growth, including radial growth, is controlled by a complicated combination of climate-related factors. In seasonal climates many species of trees form clearly defined annual growth rings. Quantitative and qualitative analyses of growth rings are high resolution proxies of ancient environments, thus facilitating studies of past climates. We have applied this method to growth rings of early Cretaceous softwood branches from the Wealden facies of the Mons Basin, Belgium. Preliminary results confirm that during the early Cretaceous, the Mons Basin was located at 30-3... Mehr ...