Differentiation and spread of the Baltic acritarch province (Arenig-Llanvirn)

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 297-312

  Tongiorgi, Marco ^a   Di Milia, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acritarcha; Arenig; Baltica Province; Eustasy; Mediterranean Province; Ordovician; Trophism

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BALTICA; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033510599     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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