Charcoal remains from a tonstein layer in the Faxinal Coalfield, Lower Permian, southern Paraná Basin, Brazil

Charcoal remains from a tonstein layer in the Faxinal Coalfield, Lower Permian, southern Paraná Basin, Brazil

Fossil charcoal has been discovered in the Faxinal Coalfield, Early Permian, Rio Bonito Formation, in the southernmost portion of the Paraná Basin, Brazil. Three types of pycnoxylic gymnosperm woods recovered from a single tonstein layer are described and confirm the occurrence of paleowildfire in t...

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Main Authors: André Jasper, Dieter Uhl, Margot Guerra-Sommer, Abdalla M. B Abu Hamad, Neli T. G Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2011-06-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Subjects:
charcoal
gimnospermas
cinzas vulcânicas
depósitos de carvão
Gondwana
Paleozóico Superior
gymnosperms
volcanic ashes
coal deposits
Late Palaeozoic
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