The palaeobotany of the upper Westphalian and Stephanian of southern Britain and its geological significance

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 95, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 227-253

  Cleal, Christopher J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONIFEROUS; PALAEOBOTANY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; STEPHANIAN; WESTPHALIAN;

UK, ENGLAND; UK, WALES;

EID: 0030620556     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(96)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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