The biogeography of the late Paleozoic floras of India

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 79-98

  Pant, Divya Darshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

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CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; FLORAL PROVINCE; PALAEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; PROVINCIALISM;

INDIA;

EID: 0029750079     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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