Biomarker composition of higher plant macrofossils from Late Palaeozoic sediments

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 240, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 305-317

  Auras, Stefan ^a   Wilde, Volker ^b   Hoernes, Stephan ^c   Scheffler, Kay ^c   Püttmann, Wilhelm ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarker analysis; Carbon isotopic ratio; Conifers; Cordaites; Fernane derivatives; Pteridosperms

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CARBONIFEROUS; COAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOZOIC; PLANT; SEDIMENT;

BLANZY-MONTCEAU BASIN; BOURGOGNE; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; FRANCONIA; GERMANY; SAAR-NAHE BASIN; SAONE-ET-LOIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALETHOPTERIS; CALAMITES; CONIFEROPHYTA; CORDAITES; DICROIDIUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; EQUISETALES; FILICOPHYTA; LEPIDODENDRON; LESCUROPTERIS; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; NEUROPTERIS; PECOPTERIS; SIGILLARIA;

EID: 33748795556     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.03.054     Document Type: Article

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