Paleobiology of the late Mesoproterozoic (ca. 1200 Ma) Hunting Formation, Somerset Island, arctic Canada

Precambrian Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 235-256

  Butterfield, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mesoproterozoic; Metaphytes; Microfossils; Paleoecology; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; RHODOPHYTA; STREPTOPHYTA;

EID: 0000835936     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(01)00162-0     Document Type: Article

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