Palaeozoic co-evolution of rivers and vegetation: a synthesis of current knowledge

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Palaeozoic co-evolution of rivers and vegetation: a synthesis of current knowledge. / Gibling, Martin R.; Davies, Neil S.; Falcon-Lang, Howard J.; Bashforth, Arden Roy; DiMichele, William A.; Rygel, Michael C.; Ielpi, Alessandro.

In: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, Vol. 125, No. 5-6, 12.2014, p. 524-533.

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Gibling, MR, Davies, NS, Falcon-Lang, HJ, Bashforth, AR, DiMichele, WA, Rygel, MC & Ielpi, A 2014, 'Palaeozoic co-evolution of rivers and vegetation: a synthesis of current knowledge', Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, vol. 125, no. 5-6, pp. 524-533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2013.12.003

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Gibling, M. R., Davies, N. S., Falcon-Lang, H. J., Bashforth, A. R., DiMichele, W. A., Rygel, M. C., & Ielpi, A. (2014). Palaeozoic co-evolution of rivers and vegetation: a synthesis of current knowledge. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 125(5-6), 524-533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2013.12.003

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Gibling MR, Davies NS, Falcon-Lang HJ, Bashforth AR, DiMichele WA, Rygel MC et al. Palaeozoic co-evolution of rivers and vegetation: a synthesis of current knowledge. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 2014 Dec;125(5-6):524-533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2013.12.003

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Gibling, Martin R. ; Davies, Neil S. ; Falcon-Lang, Howard J. ; Bashforth, Arden Roy ; DiMichele, William A. ; Rygel, Michael C. ; Ielpi, Alessandro. / Palaeozoic co-evolution of rivers and vegetation: a synthesis of current knowledge. In: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 2014 ; Vol. 125, No. 5-6. pp. 524-533.

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abstract = "As vegetation evolved during the Palaeozoic Era, terrestrial landscapes were substantially transformed, especially during the 120 million year interval from the Devonian through the Carboniferous. Early Palaeozoic river systems were of sheet-braided style – broad, shallow, sandbed rivers with non-cohesive and readily eroded banks. Under the influence of evolving roots and trees that stabilised banks and added large woody debris to channels, a range of new fluvial planform and architectural styles came to prominence, including channelled- and island-braided systems, meandering and anabranching systems, and stable muddy floodplains. River systems co-evolved with plants and animals, generating new ecospace that we infer would have promoted biological evolution. By the end of the Carboniferous, most landforms characteristic of modern fluvial systems were in existence.",
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