A drowned lycopsid forest above the Mahoning coal (Conemaugh Group, Upper Pennsylvanian) in eastern Ohio, U.S.A

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 249-276

  DiMichele, William A ^a   Eble, Cortland F ^b   Chaney, Dan S ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; PEAT; PETROGRAPHY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

LEPIDODENDRIDS; PALYNOLOGY;

COAL DEPOSITS;

COAL; LYCOPSID; PALAEOBOTANY; PENNSYLVANIAN;

USA, OHIO, JEFFERSON COUNTY;

EID: 0030292024     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-5162(96)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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