Depositional framework of Permian coal-bearing strata, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 217-238

  Isbell, John L ^a   Cúneo, N Rubén ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Museo Paleontologico Egizio Ferugrio   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN;

ANTARCTICA, VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 0030251229     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00032-6     Document Type: Article

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