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ディルヒャー D. フロリダ大学, 自然史博物館, 教授
ルペイジ B アルバータ大学, 理学部, 研究員
BASINGER J.f. Assoc.Prof. Faculty of Science, University of Sasktchewan, 理学部, 助教授
マッカイバー E.E. サスカチュワン大学, 理学部, 研究員
WEIN R.W. Professor Faculty of Forest Sciences, University of Alberta, 森林科学部, 教授
渋谷 昌資 愛媛大学, 農学部, 助手 (70036317)
福島 和彦 名古屋大学, 農学部, 助手 (80222256)
小嶋 智 名古屋大学, 農学部, 助教授 (20170243)
野堀 嘉裕 山形大学, 農学部, 助教授 (80237867)
北川 勝弘 名古屋大学, 農学部, 助教授 (30023477)
林 和男 愛媛大学, 農学部, 助教授 (80111839)
UMEMURA T. Professor Faculty of Agriculture, Nagoya University, 農学部, 教授 (10023417)
寺島 典二 名古屋大学, 名誉教授 (50023396)
中井 信之 名古屋大学, 名誉教授 (40022529)
KUMAGAI H. Assist.Prof. Faculty of Science, Nagoya University
SHIBUYA M. Assist.Prof. Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University
KOJIMA S. Assoc.Prof. Faculty of Science, Nagoya University
NOBORI Y. Assoc.Prof. Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University
KITAGAWA K. Assoc.Prof. Faculty of Agriculture, Nagoya University
HAYASHI K. Assoc.Prof. Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University
NAKAI S. Prof.Emr. Faculty of Science, Nagoya University
TERASHIMA N. Prof.Emr. Faculty of Agriculture, Nagoya University
MCIVER E.e. Res.Assoc. Faculty of Sciece, University of Sasktchewan
DILCHER D. Professor Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
LEPAGE B. Res.Assoc. Faculty of Science, University of Alberta
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| Research Abstract |
Palaeobotanical, palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental data and findings resulting from the 1991-1992 field research in Axl Heiberg Island and Ellesmere Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago and supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture Grant-in-Aid for International Scientific Research program were compiled in a report.
The collection from the field work and compiled and analyzed in the present work include materials primarily consisting of fossil plants, geological and geographical data consisting of stratigraphy and topographic surveying and such biological data as measurements of stump size, location etc. First of all in this work, such micro fossils as leaves and corns as well as such mega fossils as tree trunks and stumps were identified to reconstruct species composition of the fossil forests. Secondly, the biological data were analyzed and compiled into such forest stand characteristics as stem density, tree size distribution, stand biomass etc., which make a comparison of the fossils forests with the present-day counterpart possible, which in turn lead to palaeoclimatic inferences. Lastly the results from the topographic surveying were compiled into several maps with geological interpretation. These results in three differentcategories were further integrated into the reconstruction of the warm and moist palaeoclimate of Tertiary and the sedimental environment of the time in which these fossil forests grew, buried and preserved. The most significant results from this work was that these fossil forests provide superb natural analogue to the impending global warming in which the globe would be as warm as Tertiary.
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