Palaeoenvironmental significance of a monospecific assemblage of dinoflagellate cysts from the Miocene Clarkia Beds, Idaho, USA

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 161-177

  Batten, David J ^a   Gray, Jane ^b   Harland, Rex ^c,d  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d DinoData Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clarkia Beds; Dinoflagellate cysts; Fauna; Flora; Idaho; Miocene; Nonmarine; Palaeoenvironment; USA

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MIOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BELLAMYA; CLARKIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; GASTROPODA; PSEUDOKOMEWUIA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0033568279     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00103-0     Document Type: Article

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