Wastelands of tropical pangea: High heat in the Permian

Geology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 623-624

  Tabor, Neil J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SOURCE; PANGAEA; PERMIAN; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WASTELAND;

EID: 84876796635     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/focus052013.1     Document Type: Article

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