Namurian (Arnsbergian/Chokierian) megaspore assemblages from northeast England

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 211-230

  Turner, N ^a   Spinner, E ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; LYCOPOD; MEGASPORE; NAMURIAN; PALAEOENVIRONMENT;

UK, ENGLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND, LONGHOUGHTON; UK, ENGLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND, SEATON POINT;

EID: 0030303015     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(96)00017-6     Document Type: Article

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