Paleoecology of the Late Pennsylvanian-age Calhoun coal bed and implications for long-term dynamics of wetland ecosystems

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 21-54

  Willard, Debra A ^a   Phillips, Tom L ^b   Lesnikowska, Alicia D ^c   DiMichele, William A ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Smithsonian Institution ^*  (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Coal ball; Ecosystem stability; Late Pennsylvanian; Paleoecology; Palynology

Indexed keywords

COAL BED; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE PLANT ASSEMBLAGE;

COAL; COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

WETLANDS;

COAL SEAM; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FLORA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MIOSPORE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WETLAND;

ILLINOIS BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FILICOPHYTA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; SIGILLARIA;

EID: 33751536161     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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