Palynological zonation of the Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous of the Avon Gorge, southwest England

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 177-186

  Hennessy, Debbie ^a   Higgs, Kenneth T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Carboniferous; Devonian; England; Miospores

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; MIOSPORE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033509851     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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