Zygnematacean zygospores and other freshwater algae from the Upper Cretaceous of the Yellow Sea Basin, southwest coast of Korea

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 515-544

  Yi, Sangheon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Freshwater algae; Korea; Late Cretaceous; Palaeoenvironments; Yellow Sea; Zygospores

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AZOLLA; BOTRYOCOCCUS; CHLOROPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; INGA; OVOIDITES; PEDIASTRUM;

ALGAE; CRETACEOUS; FRESHWATER; LAKE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; ZYGOSPORE;

KOREA, YELLOW SEA BASIN;

EID: 0031463678     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1996.0072     Document Type: Article

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