Foraminifers and algae from the Khuff Formation (late Middle Permian-Early Triassic) of central Saudi Arabia

GeoArabia

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 137-186

  Vachard, Daniel ^a,b   Gaillot, Jérémie ^b   Vaslet, Denis ^c   Le Nindre, Yves Michel ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; FORAMINIFERA; NEW SPECIES; PERMIAN;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA; WORLD;

ALGAE; BISERIAMMINIDAE; EOSTAFFELLA; FORAMINIFERA; FUSULINIDA; LAGENIDAE; PARADAGMARITA;

EID: 27244431632     PISSN: 10256059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/geoarabia1004137     Document Type: Review

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