Early Permian coal-forming floras preserved as compressions from the Wuda District (Inner Mongolia, China)

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 90-102

  Pfefferkorn, Hermann W ^a   Wang, Jun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Coal forming flora; Compression flora; Early Permian; Inner Mongolia

Indexed keywords

COAL SEAM; COAL-FORMING FLORA; COMPRESSION FLORA;

CLAY; COAL; PLANTS (BOTANY); SAND;

GEOLOGY;

COAL SEAM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FLORA; PEAT; PERMIAN; SANDY CLAY; TUFF;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL; WUDA;

LYCOPODIOPSIDA;

EID: 33751392892     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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