Late Devonian-earliest Mississippian glaciation in Gondwanaland and its biogeographic consequences

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 268, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 126-142

  Isaacson, P E ^a   Diaz Martinez E ^b   Grader, G W ^a   Kalvoda, J ^c   Babek, O ^c   Devuyst, F X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Devonian; Eustasy; Glaciation; Gondwana; Lacunae

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; AGGRADATION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; EUSTACY; GLACIATION; GONDWANA; MISSISSIPPIAN; PALYNOMORPH; SHALLOW WATER; TOURNAISIAN;

AFRICA; ASIA; BOLIVIA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; NIGER [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; NORTH AMERICA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES; WEST AFRICA;

ACRITARCHA; RETISPORA;

EID: 53049109048     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.047     Document Type: Article

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