The Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary recognized by acritarchs in Baltica and at the margin of Gondwana

Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 207-225

  Moczydłowska, Małgorzata ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acritarcha; Baltica; Boundary; Gondwana; Lower Cambrian; Middle Cambrian; Poland; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BALTICA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; GONDWANA;

POLAND;

EID: 0343527950     PISSN: 03757633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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