A short-term establishment of forest fen habitat during Pliocene lignite formation in the Ptolemais Basin, NW Macedonia, Greece

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 243-263

  Kalaitzidis, S ^a   Bouzinos, A ^a   Papazisimou, S ^a   Christanis, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Glyptostrobus europaeus; Greece; Lignite; Peat formation; Pliocene; Ptolemais

Indexed keywords

PALEOBOTANICAL DETERMINATION; PLIOCENE LIGNITE-BEARING SEQUENCE; UPPER XYLITE LAYER (UXL);

COAL; LIGNITE; PETROGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

COAL; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FEN; LIGNIN; PARAGENESIS; PEAT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; PTOLEMAIS BASIN; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN MACEDONIA;

EID: 1842454047     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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