Proliferation of abnormal palynoflora during the end-devonian biotic crisis

Geological Quarterly

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Filipiak, Paweł ^a   Racki, Grzegorz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Devonian carboniferous transition; Mass extinction; Mutation; Palynomorphs; Tetrads; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; FLORA; MASS EXTINCTION; MIOSPORE; MUTATION; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH;

POLAND; SWIETOKRZYSKIE; SWIETOKRZYSKIE MOUNTAINS;

GRANDISPORA; RETISPORA; VALLATISPORITES; VERRUCOSISPORITES;

EID: 77953205333     PISSN: 16417291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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