Paleoecology of Early Pennsylvanian vegetation on a seasonally dry tropical landscape (Tynemouth Creek Formation, New Brunswick, Canada)

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 200, Issue , 2014, Pages 229-263

  Bashforth, Arden R ^a,b,c   Cleal, Christopher J ^d   Gibling, Martin R ^a   Falcon Lang, Howard J ^e   Miller, Randall F ^f  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f NEW BRUNSWICK MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bashkirian; Carboniferous; Drylands; Megafan; Plant paleoecology; Waterholes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DOMINANCE; FACIES; LANDSCAPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL REGION; VEGETATION;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84887532335     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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