Palaeontology of devonian thermal spring deposits, drummond basin, Australia

Alcheringa

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-314

  Walter, M R ^a   McLoughlin, S ^b   Drinnan, A N ^b   Farmer, J D ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Devonian; Drummond Basin; Hydrothermal ecosystems; Lycopsids; Queensland; Sphenopsids

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIUM; DEVONIAN; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; THERMAL SPRING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032408447     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115519808619328     Document Type: Article

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