Discovery of branched tubular algae and microscopic tubes with annular-helical thickening from the Mesoproterozoic Ruyang Group of Shanxi, North China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 880-885

  Yin, Leiming ^a   Bian, Lizeng ^b   Yuan, Xunlai ^a  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Helical tubes; Mesoproterozoic; Shanxi; Tubular branching alga

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; FOSSIL FUELS; MORPHOLOGY; SHALE;

BRANCHED TUBULAR ALGAE; CARBONACEOUS SHALES; MICROSCOPIC TUBES; SILICIFIED CARBONATES;

ALGAE;

ALGA; MICROFOSSIL; PROTEROZOIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANXI; WORLD;

ACRITARCHA; ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 22444435361     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02yd0356     Document Type: Article

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