Palynology of the Lost Branch Formation of Kansas - New insights on the major floral transition at the Middle-Upper Pennsylvanian boundary

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 98, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 223-246

  Peppers, Russel A ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Kansas; Paleoecology; Palynology; Pennsylvanian

Indexed keywords

COAL SWAMP; FERN; LYCOPOD; PENNSYLVANIAN; POLYNOLOGY;

KANSAS; USA;

EID: 0031407928     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(97)00013-4     Document Type: Article

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