Peat-forming plants in the Maastrichtian coals of the Eastern Pyrenees

Peat-forming plants in the Maastrichtian coals of the Eastern Pyrenees

The Lower Maastrichtian of Fumanya and neighbouring localities of the Vallcebre syncline (Eastern Pyrenees, Catalonia) provide the first taphonomic evidence for the hypothesis that cheirolepidiacean conifers were significant precursors of Maastrichtian Pyrenean coal. Most Frenelopsis-rich lignite be...

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Main Authors: S. VILLALBA BREVA, C. MARTÍN-CLOSAS, J. MARMI, B. GÓMEZ, M.T. FERNÁNDEZ MARRÓN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Geociències Barcelona (Geo3BCN), Institut de Diagnosi Ambiental i Estudis de l'Aigua (IDAEA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) 2012-07-01
Series:Geologica Acta
Subjects:
Palaeobotany
Calcareous algae
Peat swamps
Upper Cretaceous
Pyrenees
Online Access:https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/GEOACTA/article/view/3819

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