A critical analysis of the higher Pennsylvanian megafloras of the Appalachian region

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 95, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 255-283

  Wagner, Robert H ^a   Lyons, Paul C ^b  

^a Jardin Botanico de Cordoba   (Spain)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachia; corr elations; megafloras; Pennsylvanian; Rotliegend; Stephanian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONIFEROUS; PERMIAN; ROTLIEGENDES; STEPHANIAN; UNCONFORMITY;

CANADA, APPALACHIANS; USA, APPALACHIANS;

EID: 0030620557     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(96)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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