Palynofacies as a tool for high-resolution palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic reconstruction of Gondwanan post-glacial coal deposits: no. 2 coal seam, Witbank Coalfield (South Africa)

• Published in: Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments
• Main Authors: Wheeler, Alexander, Goetz, Annette E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2016
• Subjects: Palaeoclimate; Palaeoenvironment; Palynofacies; Permian; South Africa; Witbank Coalfield; 1105 Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; 1907 Geology; 1911 Palaeontology; 2303 Ecology; 2306 Global and Planetary Change; South Pole; Glossopteris; South pole
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:410520

The early Permian movement of Gondwana away from the South Pole caused a major climatic change across the continent. The shift from a post-glacial Carboniferous flora to a temperate Permian flora is represented in the palynological record. Using palynofacies analysis, this climate transition can be...