A Miocene palynoflora preserved by karstic subsidence in Anglesey and the origin of the Menaian Surface

Geological Magazine

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 713-719

  Walsh, Peter ^a   Morawiecka, Iwona ^a   Skawińska Wieser, Krystyna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b Polska Akademia Nauk Oddzial w Krakowie   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KARST; LIMESTONE; MENAIAN SURFACE; MIOCENE; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PALYNOFLORA; SUBSIDENCE;

UK, WALES, GWYNEDD, ANGLESEY;

EID: 0030437436     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016756800024560     Document Type: Article

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