Time resolution in terrestrial macrofloras: Guidelines from modern accumulations

Abstract

The evidence available for determining time resolution in plant fossil deposits can be subdivided easily into two general categories: the information provided by the biological properties of the plants and the information provided by the physical properties of the sediments and accumulation styles. Accordingly, this contribution is divided into two sections, covering these two aspects of time resolution from modern plant accumulations. From a standpoint of modern macrofloral accumulation, there are four ideas that have guided this chapter.