Maastrichtian scleractinian corals from the Western flank of the Oman Mountains, U.A.E. and their paleoecological significance

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 6, 1996, Pages 375-388

  Metwally, Mahmoud Hatem M ^a  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 0006144808     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/1996/1996/375     Document Type: Article

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