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

dc.contributor.authorGibling, M. R.
dc.contributor.authorDavies, N. S.
dc.contributor.authorFalcon-Lang, H.
dc.contributor.authorBashforth, Arden R.
dc.contributor.authorDiMichele, William A.
dc.contributor.authorRygel, M. C.
dc.contributor.authorIelpi, A.
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-21T18:24:11Z
dc.date.available2015-01-21T18:24:11Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractAs 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.
dc.format.extent524–533
dc.identifier0016-7878
dc.identifier.citationGibling, M. R., Davies, N. S., Falcon-Lang, H., Bashforth, Arden R., DiMichele, William A., Rygel, M. C., and Ielpi, A. 2014. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/22674">Palaeozoic co-evolution of rivers and vegetation: a synthesis of current knowledge</a>." <em>Proceedings of the Geologists' Association</em>, 125, (5-6) 524–533. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2013.12.003">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2013.12.003</a>.
dc.identifier.issn0016-7878
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10088/22674
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the Geologists' Association 125 (5-6)
dc.titlePalaeozoic co-evolution of rivers and vegetation: a synthesis of current knowledge
dc.typearticle
sro.description.unitNH-Paleobiology
sro.description.unitNMNH
sro.identifier.doi10.1016/j.pgeola.2013.12.003
sro.identifier.itemID118173
sro.identifier.refworksID17240
sro.identifier.urlhttps://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/22674

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