Peat-forming plants in the Maastrichtian coals of the Eastern Pyrenees

Geologica Acta

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-207

  Villalba Breva, S ^a   Martin Closas C ^a   Marmi, J ^b   Gomez, B ^c   Fernandez Marrow M T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEONTOLOGIA MIQUEL CRUSAFONT   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calcareous algae; Palaeobotany; Peat swamps; Pyrenees; Upper cretaceous

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; AUTOCHTHON; CALCAREOUS ALGA; CHAROPHYTE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIGNITE; MAASTRICHTIAN; MIRE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PARALIC ENVIRONMENT; PEAT; SWAMP; TAPHONOMY;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; PYRENEES; SPAIN; VALLCEBRE;

ALGAE; CHARALES; CHEIROLEPIDIACEAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; CYCADALES; FILICOPHYTA; FRENELOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SABALITES LONGIRHACHIS;

EID: 84864217592     PISSN: 16956133     EISSN: 16965728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1344/105.000001711     Document Type: Article

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