East Greenland tetrapods are Devonian in age

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 637-640

  Marshall, J E A ^a   Astin, T R ^b   Clack, J A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

DEVONIANS; GREENLAND; PALYNOLOGICAL ASSEMBLAGE; STRATIGRAPHIC AGE;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

DEVONIAN; FAMENNIAN;

(EAST); GREENLAND;

TETRAPODA;

EID: 0032695718     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0637:EGTADI>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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