Palaeoenvironments and palaeoecology of the Early Pennsylvanian Lancaster Formation ('Fern Ledges') of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 945-957

  Falcon Lang, Howard J ^a   Miller, Randall F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL PLAIN; DEPOSITION; FACIES ANALYSIS; FERN; FOSSIL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PENNSYLVANIAN; SUBSIDENCE; TAXONOMY;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; SAINT JOHN [NEW BRUNSWICK];

ARACHNIDA; CORDAITALES; CRUSTACEA; FILICOPHYTA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; MYRIAPODA; PHORONIFORMEA; SPHENOPSIDA;

EID: 34548687695     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-189     Document Type: Article

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