Biota and palaeoenvironment of a high middle-latitude Late Triassic peat-forming ecosystem from Hopen, Svalbard archipelago

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 434, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 87-112

  Mcloughlin, S ^a   Strullu Derrien, C ^b,c  

^a SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CYCADEOIDALES; FUNGI; GYMNOSPERMAE; INVERTEBRATA; LYCOPODIOPHYTA; ORIBATIDA; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 84970004168     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP434.4     Document Type: Chapter

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