A biota of Ediacaran aspect from lower Cambrian strata on the Digermul Peninsula, Arctic Norway

Geological Magazine

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 633-642

  Crimes, T P ^a   Mcilroy, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOECOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC;

NORWAY;

EID: 0033507504     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756899003179     Document Type: Article

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