Microfossils from neoproterozoic supersequence 1 of the officer basin, Western Australia

Alcheringa

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 63-86

  Cotter, Kaye L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Biostratigraphy; Cyanobacteria; Neoproterozoic; Officer basin; Supersequence 1; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CANADA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ACRITARCH; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC;

AUSTRALIA;

CEREBROSPHAERA; PTEROSPERMOPSIMORPHA; SATKA COLONIALICA; STICTOSPHAERIDIUM SINAPTICULIFERUM;

EID: 0032764437     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115519908619323     Document Type: Article

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