Aptian to Coniacian (Early-late Cretaceous) palynostratigraphy of the Gustav Group, James Ross Basin, Antarctica

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 739-760

  Riding, James B ^a   Crame, J Alistair ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cretaceous palynostratigraphy; Dinoflagellate cysts; James Ross Basin

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; LITHOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS BASIN;

ALBIA; DINOFLAGELLATA; DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 0042314022     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.2002.1024     Document Type: Article

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