Palynostratigraphy and palaeogeography of the Cambro-Ordovician strata in southwest of Shahrud City (Kuh-e-Kharbash, near Deh-Molla), Central Alborz Range, northern Iran

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 81-95

  Ghavidel syooki, Mohammad ^a  

^a NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

Author keywords

acritarchs; biostratigraphy; Cambrian; Central Alborz Mountain Range; Northern Iran; Ordovician; palaeobiogeography; palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; ALGA; ARENIGIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; TREMADOCIAN;

ASIA; ELBURZ; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; SEMNAN; SHAHRUD;

ACRITARCHA; ALGAE;

EID: 33745452665     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2005.07.006     Document Type: Article

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