Ecological gradients within a Pennsylvanian mire forest

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 415-418

  DiMichele, William A ^a   Falcon Lang, Howard J ^b   Nelson, W John ^c   Elrick, Scott D ^c   Ames, Philip R ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d Black Beauty Coal Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal balls; Coal geology; Ecological gradients; Peat mire; Pennsylvanian; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COAL BALLS; COAL GEOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL GRADIENTS; PEAT MIRE;

COAL DEPOSITS; ECOLOGY; PEAT; SEA LEVEL;

FORESTRY;

COAL; FOSSIL RECORD; MIRE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PEATLAND; PENNSYLVANIAN;

COAL; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PALEONTOLOGY; PEAT; PENNSYLVANIA; SEA WATER;

EID: 34248571396     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23472A.1     Document Type: Article

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