A palynological investigation across the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary on the south-east flanks of Mount Hermon, Israel

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 197-214

  Conway, Brian H ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Correlation; Dating; Dinoflagellate cysts; Late oxfordian; Miospores; Neocomian; Northern israel; Palaeoenvironments; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; JURASSIC/CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MIOSPORE; PALYNOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ISRAEL, MOUNT HERMON;

EID: 0029729198     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1996.0015     Document Type: Article

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