A late Devonian (Frasnian) coral-bafflestone reef at Houshan in Guilin, South China

Facies

Volumn , Issue 37, 1997, Pages 85-98

  Shen, Jian Wei ^a   Zhang, Shu Ling ^b  

^a MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^b Guangxi Geological Survey Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Coral bafflestone reef; Description of new rugose coral species; Guilin (South China); Late Devonian (Frasnian); Reef facies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005682507     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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