The Pennsylvanian-Permian transition in the low-latitude carbonate record and the onset of major Gondwanan glaciation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 308, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 362-372

  Koch, Jesse T ^a   Frank, Tracy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Eustasy; Late Palaeozoic; Pennsylvanian; Permian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE; EUSTACY; GLACIATION; GONDWANA; LITERATURE REVIEW; PALEOTROPICAL KINGDOM; PANGAEA; PENNSYLVANIAN; PERMIAN;

EID: 79960702234     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.05.041     Document Type: Article

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