Biostratigraphy and palaeobiology of Early Neoproterozoic strata of the Kola Peninsula, Northwest Russia

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 165-192

  Samuelsson, Joakim ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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ACRITARCH; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CYANOBACTERIA; PROTEROZOIC; RIPHEAN;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, KOLA PENINSULA;

EID: 0031463307     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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