Carboniferous fossil plants and soils of an early tundra ecosystem

Palaios

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 324-336

  Retallack, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; FOSSIL; PALEOSOL; TUNDRA;

AUSTRALIA;

BOTRYCHIOPSIS; CARBONIFEROUS; EQUISETUM; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 0032749333     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515460     Document Type: Article

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