Palynostratigraphy of the upper Carboniferous Langsettian-Duckmantian stage boundary in Britain

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 230, Issue , 2004, Pages 123-135

  McLean, Duncan ^a   Owens, Bernard ^a   Bodman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOZONATION; CARBONIFEROUS; PALYNOLOGY; RESOLUTION; SEQUENCE BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CARBONIFEROUS;

EID: 12744281028     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.230.01.07     Document Type: Article

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