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Progress in the Gondwanan Carboniferous–Permian palynology and correlation of the Nilawahan Group of the Salt Range, Pakistan: A brief review

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This paper comprises of two sections. The first section describes challenges in the Carboniferous–Permian Gondwanan stratigraphic palynology, and progress in techniques such as presence of the ‘rare-marine intervals’, and ‘radiometric dating’ in some Gondwanan successions, e.g., South Africa, Australia and South America, as tools to confidently calibrate these palynozones. The second section describes developments in the palynological work on the Carboniferous–Permian Nilawahan Group of the Salt Range, Pakistan, and summarises their correlation with the coeval succession of the Gondwana continents and with the Russian/International stages.

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This study presents a brief review of the latest palynostratigraphic work conducted on the Carboniferous–Permian succession of Pakistan. The earlier published and the currently in progress work benefited from the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan’s NRPU (National Research Program for Universities grant to Dr Irfan U Jan). The anonymous reviewers are thanked for their constructive criticism on the manuscript.

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JAN, I.U. Progress in the Gondwanan Carboniferous–Permian palynology and correlation of the Nilawahan Group of the Salt Range, Pakistan: A brief review. J Earth Syst Sci 123, 21–32 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-013-0391-y

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