Palynology of Upper Cretaceous (uppermost Campanian-Maastrichtian) deposits in the South Yellow Sea Basin, offshore Korea

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 687-706

  Yi, Sangheon ^a   Batten, D J ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campanian; Maastrichtian; Offshore Korea; Pollen grains; South Yellow Sea Basin; Spores

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; MAASTRICHTIAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; SPORE; TAXONOMY;

SOUTH YELLOW SEA BASIN; YELLOW SEA;

AQUILAPOLLENITES; AQUILAPOLLENITES ATTENUATUS; AQUILAPOLLENITES EURYPTERONUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DILWYNITES; DILWYNITES GRANULATUS; DIPOROCOLPOPOLLENITES; DIPOROCOLPOPOLLENITES KACHIENSIS; EPHEDRIPITES EOCAENICUS; EPHEDRIPITES PRAECLARUS; INGA; RETITRICOLPITES ANGULOLUMINOSUS;

EID: 0041302592     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.2002.1032     Document Type: Article

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