Cryptospores and miospores, their distribution patterns in the Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh Basin, and the habitat of their parent plants

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 355-364

  Richardson, John B ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptospores; Lower Old Red Sandstone; Miospores; Palynofacies; Plant habitats

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; LOCHKOVIAN; MIOSPORE; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANGLO-PARIS BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WELSH BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 46449102617     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.2007.04.355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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