Late Famennian plant mesofossils from the Refrath 1 Borehole (Bergisch Gladbach-Paffrath Syncline; Ardennes-Rhenish Massif, Germany)

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 251, 2004, Pages 89-121

  Fairon Demaret, Muriel ^a   Hartkopf Fröder, Christoph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Geologischer Dienst Nordrhein Westfalen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Devonian; Fossil charcoal; Germany; Leaves; Plant remains; Sporangia

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; COLONIZATION; FAMENNIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; WILDFIRE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; RHENISH SCHIEFERGEBIRGE; WORLD;

ENTOVALVA; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; SPINY;

EID: 11844255485     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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