Sir William Dawson (1820-1899): A very modern paleobotanist

Atlantic Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 103-114

  Falcon Lang, Howard J ^a   Calder, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

NINETEENTH CENTURY; PALEOBOTANY;

CONIFEROPSIDA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA;

EID: 33644959614     PISSN: 08435561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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