The Triassic-Jurassic boundary in Asturias (northern Spain): Palynological characterisation and facies

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 187-208

  Barron E ^a   Gomez J J ^a   Goy, A ^a   Pieren, A P ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

biostratigraphy; climate change; palynology; Triassic Jurassic

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CARBONATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MUDSTONE; PALYNOLOGY; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASTURIAS; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACRITARCHA; AMMONOIDEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CONIFEROPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; FILICOPHYTA; KRAEUSELISPORITES; PRASINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 33646486522     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2006.01.002     Document Type: Article

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