Devonian miospore successions of Western Gondwana: Update and correlation with Southern Euramerican miospore zones

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-148

  Loboziak, S ^a   Melo, J H G ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Devonian; Miospores; Western Gondwana

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; DEVONIAN; GONDWANA; MIOSPORE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

AFRICA; BRAZIL; SAUDI ARABIA;

ENTOVALVA;

EID: 0037200648     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-6667(01)00098-7     Document Type: Article

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