The 'other' Glasgow boys: The rise and fall of a school of palaeobotany

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 241, Issue , 2005, Pages 197-227

  Liston, J J ^a   Sanders, H L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; PALEOBOTANY;

EQUISETUM; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 19344374624     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/gsl.sp.2003.207.01.15     Document Type: Review

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