The Early Carboniferous (Courceyan-Arundian) monsoonal climate of the British Isles: Evidence from growth rings in fossil woods

Geological Magazine

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-187

  Falcon Lang, H J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033053252     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756899002307     Document Type: Article

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