Palynological evaluation of the famennian Protosalvinia (Foerstia) zone in the Amazon Basin, northern Brazil: A preliminary study

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 31-45

  Loboziak, Stanislas ^a   Melo, José Henrique G ^b   Quadros, Luiz P ^b   Streel, Maurice ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amazon Basin; Brazil; Famennian; Miospores; Protosalvinia (Foerstia)

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEVONIAN; FAMENNIAN; MIOSPORE; PALYNOLOGY; PROTOSALVINIA;

BRAZIL, AMAZON BASIN;

EID: 0030617520     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(96)00049-8     Document Type: Article

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