Famennian charcoal of Belgium

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 291, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 60-71

  Prestianni, Cyrille ^a   Decombeix, Anne Laure ^b   Thorez, Jacques ^a   Fokan, Damien ^a   Gerrienne, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Belgium; Charcoal; Devonian; Environment; Famennian

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS BURNING; CHARCOAL; COMBUSTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FAMENNIAN; FERN; FOSSIL RECORD; FUELWOOD; GYMNOSPERM; PALEOBOTANY; PRESERVATION; QUARRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SWAMP;

BELGIUM;

FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; SPHENOPSIDA;

EID: 78449253474     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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