Microfossils in microphytolites of the paleoproterozoic gunflint formation, southern Canada

Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 462-470

  Sergeev, V N ^a   Semikhatov, M A ^a   Mudrenko, L M ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Lower Proterozoic; Microfossils; Microphytolites; North America; Oncolites; Paleoproterozoic; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944457840     PISSN: 08695938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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