Age and palaeoenvironment of the Sharawra Member (Silurian of north-western Saudi Arabia)

Geobios

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-12

  Al Hajri, S ^a   Paris, F ^b  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Chitinozoans; Palaeoenvironments; Saudi Arabia; Silurian; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CHITINOZOAN; PALYNOLOGY; SILURIAN;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0031814428     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6995(98)80091-0     Document Type: Article

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