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Comparatives analyses of sedimentation and palaeobotanical patterns of various basins in Europe have revealed the effects of climate and landscape change on the evolution of the "coal swamps" of Variscan Europe during Pennsylvanian (late Carboniferous) times.
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The "coal swamps" were a major carbon sink during Pennsylvanian times and the changes in these habitats had a major effect on the atmosphere and climate of the times. Especially during late Bashkirian and Moscovian times, Variscan Europe had one of the largest areas of "coal swamps" and coincided with a significant interval of global climatic cooling and growth of the polar Gondwana ice-sheet.
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This paper was a result of IGCP 469 and reflects the value of such international collaborative projects.
Christopher Cleal
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This page is a summary of: A comparative analysis of some Late Carboniferous basins of Variscan Europe, Geological Magazine, March 2007, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s0016756807003330.
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