Palynological evidence for late Westphalian - Early Stephanian vegetation change in the Dobrudzha Coalfield, NE Bulgaria

Geological Magazine

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 513-524

  Dimitrova, Tatiana K H ^a   Cleal, Christopher J ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^b DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Carboniferous; Dobrudzha Coalfield; Palynology; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

COAL; DEPOSITS; SEA LEVEL; VEGETATION;

BULGARIA; CARBONIFEROUS; COAL FIELDS; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION CHANGE;

COAL DEPOSITS;

CARBONIFEROUS; COAL; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FERN; MORPHOTYPE; MOSCOVIAN; NAMURIAN; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; STEPHANIAN; VEGETATION; WESTPHALIAN;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTH WALES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

FILICOPHYTA; LYCOPODIOPHYTA;

EID: 34249058336     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756807003378     Document Type: Article

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