Acanthomorphic acritarchs from Meso-Neoproterozoic shales of the Ruyang Group, Shanxi, China

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 15-25

  Yin, Lei Ming ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PROTEROZOIC; SHALE;

CHINA; SHANXI PROVINCE;

EID: 0003850542     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(97)00022-5     Document Type: Article

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