Organic-walled microfossils from the Chert-phosphorite Member, Tal Formation, Precambrian-Cambrian Boundary, India

Precambrian Research

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 99-113

  Tiwari, Meera ^a  

^a WADIA INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN GEOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Chert Member; India; Lesser Himalaya; Organic walled microfossils; Precambrian Cambrian Boundary; Tal Formation

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; CHERT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PHOSPHORITE; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY;

INDIA;

EID: 0032707196     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(99)00023-6     Document Type: Article

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