Lower and Middle Devonian radiolarian biozonation of the Gamilaroi terrane New England Orogen, eastern Australia

Micropaleontology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 138-162

  Aitchison, Jonathan C ^a   Davis, Aileen M ^a   Stratford, James M C ^b   Spiller, Frances C P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; DEVONIAN; RADIOLARIA;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ENGLAND OROGEN;

CERATOIKISCIDAE; ENTOVALVA; HELENIFORE; PRAGIA; RADIOLARIA; RADIOLARIA (PROTOZOANS); SPUMELLARIA;

EID: 0033149938     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1486110     Document Type: Article

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