The sedimentary environment of the Late Devonian East Greenland tetrapods

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 339, Issue , 2010, Pages 93-109

  Astin, T R ^a   Marshall, J E A ^b   Blom, H ^c   Berry, C M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology ^*  (Sweden)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEVONIAN; FERN; FOSSIL; OVERBANK SEDIMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SILTSTONE; TETRAPOD; VERTISOL;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

ACANTHOSTEGA; FILICOPHYTA; ICHTHYOSTEGA; LYCOPODIOPSIDA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 80053374677     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP339.9     Document Type: Article

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