The Early Permian fossil record of Gondwana and its relationship to deglaciation: A review

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 169-189

  Stephenson, M H ^a   Angiolini, L ^b   Leng, M J ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEGLACIATION; FAUNA; FLORA; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHEMISTRY; GONDWANA; LITHOLOGY; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEONTOLOGY; PERMIAN; SNOWMELT; TRANSGRESSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN;

ASTEROZOA; BIVALVIA; BLASTOIDEA; BRACHIOPODA; BRYOZOA; CEPHALOPODA; CONULARIIDA; FILICOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA; FUSULINIDA; GASTROPODA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; LYONIA; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 38349102160     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/tms002.8     Document Type: Review

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