Taxonomy and systematic study of some Tournaisian (Hastarian) spores from Belgium

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 93, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 269-297

  Higgs, K T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; HASTARIAN; MIOSPORE; SYSTEMATICS; TAXONOMY; TOURNAISIAN;

EID: 0030251232     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-6667(95)00130-1     Document Type: Article

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