Observations on Wealden fossilised wood from the Mons Basin (Belgium) and their palaeoclimatic implications - Preliminary results;Quelques implications paléoclimatiques de l'observation de bois fossiles du Wealdien du bassin de Mons (Belgique) - Résultats préliminaires

Carnets de Geologie

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 29-34

  Gerards, Thomas ^a   Yans, Johan ^b   Gerienne, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Fossils; Growth rings; Palaeoclimatology; Wealden; Wood

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FACIES; FOSSIL RECORD; GROWTH; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TREE RING; WOOD;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; MONS BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547300538     PISSN: 16340744     EISSN: 17652553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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