An early Pennsylvanian waterhole deposit and its fossil biota in a dryland alluvial plain setting, Joggins, Nova Scotia

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 209-222

  Falcon Lang, H J ^a   Rygel, M C ^b   Calder, J H ^c   Gibling, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alluvial plains; Arid environment; Palaeoecology; Terrestrial environment; Upper Carboniferous

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL PLAIN; ARID ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOECOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN; RED BED; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA; JOGGINS; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 1642356955     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-109     Document Type: Article

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