Actualistic taphonomy of cyanobacteria: Implications for the Precambrian fossil record

Palaios

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 571-586

  Hartley, Julie K ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

CYANOBACTERIA; PRECAMBRIAN; TAPHONOMY;

EID: 0030403147     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515192     Document Type: Article

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