Results of renewed palaeobotanic dating of late carboniferous strata (ne Belgian campine basin)

Geologica Belgica

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 3-5

  Van Amerom, Henk W J ^a   Van Tongeren, Peter C H ^b  

^a Flemish Institute for Technological Research ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO)   (United States)

Author keywords

Campine basin; Discontinuities; Leonese; Malvernian; Palaeobotany; Westphalian C; Westphalian D

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349100410     PISSN: 13748505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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