Late Carboniferous tectono-sedimentary evolution and related terrestrial biotic changes on the North Variscan and Appalachian forelands, and adjacent paralic and continental basins

Abstract

Tektono-sedimentary characteristics of the Variscan and Appalachian foreland coal basins and adjacent paralic and continental basins, their palaeogeographic positions, climatic changes during the Pennsylvanian and their influence on terrestrial biotas

Keywords

• palaeoclimatology
• palaeoecology
• palaeogeography
• terrestrial ecosystems
• Pennsylvanian
• Euramerican Floristic Province