Palynostratigraphy of the Maastrichtian dinosaur- and mammal sites of the Râul Mare and Barbat Valleys (Haţeg Basin, Romania)

Geologica Carpathica

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-147

  Van Itterbeeck, Jimmy ^a   Markevich, Valentina S ^b   Codrea, Vlad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY AND SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^c BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ha eg Basin; Maastrichtian; Palynology; Romania; Southern Carpathians

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; MAASTRICHTIAN; PALYNOLOGY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HATEG BASIN; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BRYOPHYTES; DINOSAURIA; FILICOPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 19644389676     PISSN: 13350552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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