Late Devonian, Permian and Triassic phytoliths from Antarctica

Micropaleontology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-61

  Carter, John A ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; PERMIAN; PHYTOLITH; TRIASSIC;

ANTARCTICA; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ENTOVALVA;

EID: 0032858021     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1486202     Document Type: Article

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