Two remarkable Permian petrified forests: Correlation, comparison and significance

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 265, Issue , 2006, Pages 39-63

  Rössler, Ronny ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLORA; FOREST; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN;

ANIMALIA; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 33845629343     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.265.01.03     Document Type: Article

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