Devonian plants from Colombia, with discussion of their geological and palaeogeographical context

Geological Magazine

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 257-268

  Berry, Christopher M ^a   Morel, Eduardo ^b   Mojica, Jairo ^c   Villarroel, Carlos ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEO DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOMBIANS; DEVONIANS; EARLY JURASSIC; EASTERN CORDILLERA; LATE DEVONIAN; NORTH AMERICAN; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

DEVONIAN; FOSSIL; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT; VEGETATION;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 0033912538     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756800003964     Document Type: Article

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