Early Mississippian lycopsid forests in a delta-plain setting at Norton near Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 969-981

  Falcon Lang, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Deltaic environment; Lycopsids; Palaeoecology; Tournaisian

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; DELTA; FOREST; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOSOL; VEGETATION HISTORY; WILDFIRE;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 8744249069     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-168     Document Type: Article

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