Westphalian-Stephanian macrofloras of the southern Pennines Basin, UK

Studia Geologica Polonica

Volumn 129, Issue , 2008, Pages 25-41

  Cleal, Christopher J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Carboniferous; Diversity analysis; Palaeobotany

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLORA; PALEOBOTANY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STEPHANIAN; WESTPHALIAN;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; PENNINE BASIN; STAFFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WARWICKSHIRE; WESTERN EUROPE;

LAVEINEOPTERIS LOSHII; NEUROPTERIS;

EID: 57949097427     PISSN: 00816426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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