Isuasphaera isua (Pflug) revisited

Precambrian Research

Volumn 126, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 309-312

  Appel, Peter W U ^a   Moorbath, Stephen ^b   Myers, John S ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Isua Greenstone Belt; Isuasphaera isua; Microfossils

Indexed keywords

CHERT; FORMATION MECHANISM; GREENSTONE BELT; MICROFOSSIL;

ARCHEOLOGY; BIOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOSSIL; ISUASPHAERA ISUA; METAMORPHOSIS; ROCK;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ISUA GREENSTONE BELT;

ISUASPHAERA ISUA;

EID: 0348111511     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(03)00101-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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