Meso-Neoproterozoic coated grains and palaeoecology of associated microfossils: The Deoban Limestone, Lesser Himalaya, India

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 239, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 241-252

  Srivastava, Purnima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Coated grains; Lesser Himalaya; Microfossils; Neoproterozoic; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CYANOBACTERIUM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LIMESTONE; MICROFOSSIL; PETROGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GARHWAL HIMALAYAS; HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTARANCHAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33750021457     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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