Late triassic plant microfossils from Miers Bluff Formation of Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-228

  Shu, Ouyang ^a   Xi Guang, Deng ^b   Yan Bin, Shen ^a   Xiang Shen, Zheng ^b   Xiao Han, Liu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Late Triassic; Livingston Island; Miers Bluff Formation; Palynofloras; Plant microfossils

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; MICROFOSSIL; PLANT; TRIASSIC;

ANTARCTICA; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ALISPORITES; ARATRISPORITES; CLASSOPOLLIS; CRATERISPORITES ROTUNDUS; FOVEOSPORITES MORETONENSIS; POLYCINGULATISPORITES CRENULATUS;

EID: 0034214186     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102000000274     Document Type: Article

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