The early carboniferous (Asbian-Brigantian) seasonal tropical climate of Northern Britain

Palaios

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 116-126

  Falcon Lang, Howard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEASONALITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032991308     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515368     Document Type: Article

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