Value and meaning of the term acritarch

Acta Universitatis Carolinae, Geologica

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 631-643

  Servais, T ^a   Brocke, R ^a   Fatka, O ^b   Le Herisse A ^c   Molyneux, S G ^d  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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