Upper Paleocene and lowermost Eocene angiosperm pollen biostratigraphy of the eastern Gulf Coast and Virginia

Micropaleontology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-68

  Frederiksen, Norman O ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; POLLEN; TERTIARY;

USA;

EID: 0031734345     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1486084     Document Type: Article

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