Devonian spores from an intra-oceanic volcanic arc, West Junggar (Xinjiang, China) and the palaeogeographical significance of the associated fossil plant beds

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 206, Issue , 2014, Pages 10-22

  Xu, Hong He ^a   Marshall, John E A ^a,b   Wang, Yi ^a   Zhu, Huai Cheng ^a   Berry, Christopher M ^c   Wellman, Charles H ^d  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Devonian; Paleogeography; Palynology; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

EMSIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; FRASNIAN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GYMNOSPERM; ISLAND ARC; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; PTERIDOPHYTE; SPORE; TERRAIN;

CHINA; JUNGGAR BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 84901985217     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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