Pennsylvanian 'fossil forests' in growth position (T0 assemblages): Origin, taphonomic bias and palaeoecological insights

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 585-605

  Dimichele, William A ^a   Falcon Lang, Howard J ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY HEIGHTS; COASTAL PLAIN; DRY LAND; FOSSIL RECORDS; FUNDAMENTAL CONTROL; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; HIGH RATE; LONG-TERM PRESERVATION; PALAEOZOIC; PLANT INTERACTIONS; PLANT RECONSTRUCTION; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; TREE DENSITY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; SEA LEVEL;

GROUNDWATER;

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); FOREST; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PRESERVATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TAPHONOMY;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79952273097     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-103     Document Type: Review

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