Charophyte gyrogonites from Holocene lacustrine sediments of the Fayoum Depression, Egypt

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 8, 1996, Pages 502-516

  Zalat, Abdelfattah A ^a,b  

^a Tanta University ^*

^b Tanta University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARA ASPERA; CHARA GLOBULARIS; CHARA HISPIDA; CHARA VULGARIS; CHARALES; LYCHNOTHAMNUS BARBATUS; NITELLOPSIS OBTUSA;

EID: 0001056710     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/1996/1996/502     Document Type: Article

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