The Red Hills Mine palynoflora: A diverse swamp assemblage from the Late Paleocene of Mississippi, U.S.A.

Palynology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2008, Pages 183-204

  Jardine, Phillip E ^a   Harrington, Guy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Paleocene; Pollen; Spores; Statistics; Swamp; U.S. Gulf Coast

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LIGNITE; PALEOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPORE; SWAMP; TAXONOMY;

GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; RED HILLS MINE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 58649109161     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gspalynol.32.1.183     Document Type: Article

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