Plant assemblages from SW gondwana: Further evidence for high-latitude vegetation in the Devonian of Argentina

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 325, Issue , 2009, Pages 233-255

  Edwards, D ^a   Poire D G ^b   Morel, E M ^c   Cingolani, C A ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c Centro Científico y Tecnológico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FACIES; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GONDWANA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; TRACE FOSSIL; VEGETATION;

ARGENTINA;

COOKSONIA; LYCOPODIUM;

EID: 74949116059     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP325.12     Document Type: Article

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