Late Paleozoic macrofloral assemblages from Weibei Coalfield, with reference to vegetational change through the Late Paleozoic Ice-age in the North China Block

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 83, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 292-317

  Wang, Jun ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Cathaysian floral evolution; Diachronous boundaries; Ice age; Macrofossil plant assemblage

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CATHAYSIAN FLORAL EVOLUTION; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COAL BASINS; COAL FIELDS; FLORAL EVOLUTION; ICE SHEET; LATE PALEOZOIC; LITHO-STRATIGRAPHIC; NORTH CHINA BLOCKS; REANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL DEPOSITS;

COAL DEPOSITS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

ICE;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; FLORA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ICE SHEET; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; PLANT; PLEISTOCENE;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

CATHAYSIOPTERIS WHITEI; GIGANTONOCLEA LAGRELII; LEPIDODENDRON; LOBATANNULARIA HEIANENSIS; NEUROPTERIS; PARIPTERIS; ZHUTHECA;

EID: 77955307901     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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