Miocene molluscan fauna and paleoenvironment in the Niu Mountains, Fukui Prefecture, central Japan

Science Reports of the University of Tsukuba, Institute of Geoscience, Section B: Geological Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue , 1998, Pages 61-185

  Nakagawa, Tomio ^a  

^a Maruoka Sr High School Joto Branch   (Japan)

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MIOCENE; MOLLUSC; PALAEOENVIRONMENT;

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