Neoproterozoic microfossils from the officer basin, western Australia

Alcheringa

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 247-270

  Cotter, Kaye L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Centralian superbasin; Cyanobacteria; Neoproterozoic; Officer basin; Supersequence 1; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOMORPHA; ACRITARCHA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; LEIOSPHAERIDIA; MYXOCOCCOIDES; PROKARYOTA; PTEROSPERMOPSIMORPHA; SIPHONOPHYCUS; SKIAGIA;

EID: 0000379929     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115519708619166     Document Type: Article

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