Vendian-lower Cambrian acritarch biostratigraphy of the central Caledonian fold belt in Scandinavia and the palaeogeography of the Iapetus-Tornquist seaway

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 147-166

  Vidal, Gonzalo ^a   Moczydłowska, Malgorzata ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; VENDIAN;

SWEDEN, CALEDONIDES;

EID: 0030427442     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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