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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Paleogeomorphology Affecting Early Pennsylvanian Floras in Rock Island County, Illinois
Abstract
dc:descriptionPlant fossils preserved in basal Pennsylvanian rocks of western Illinois are significant because composition of many of the paleofloras differs from those of more commonly preserved and better studied coal swamp floras. Each Early Pennsylvanian (Namurian - Westphalian A) flora of the Rock Island County area differs from the others to some extent; most are different from a typical Pennsylvanian coal swamp flora of comparable age. Differences are attributed to environmental factors; some floras were restricted to uplands, others grew on alluvial or delta plains.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Geology
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Leary, Richard Lee
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI8108575
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/68061