Tethyan uppermost Permian (Dzhulfian and Dorashamian) foraminiferal faunas and their paleogeographic and tectonic implications

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 279-307

  Kobayashi, Fumio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foraminifers; Palaeofusulina bearing terranes; Paleogeographic reconstruction; Panthalassa; Tethys; Uppermost Permian

Indexed keywords

ASIA; FORAMINIFERA; GEOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FORAMINIFERA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PERMIAN; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TECTONIC SETTING; TETHYS;

EID: 0033165893     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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