Paleobiology of the Mesoproterozoic-Neoproterozoic transition: The Sukhaya Tunguska Formation, Turukhansk Uplift, Siberia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 85, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 201-239

  Sergeev, V N ^a   Knoll, A H ^b   Petrov, P Yu ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Micropaleontology; Proterozoic; Siberia

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; PALAEOBIOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; MICROBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEDIMENT;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SIBERIA;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SIBERIA, TURUKHANSK UPLIFT;

EID: 0031404677     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(97)00035-1     Document Type: Article

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