Aptian-Maastrichtian palynomorphs from the offshore Tano Basin, western Ghana

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 379-394

  Atta Peters, D ^a   Salami, M B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Dinoflagellate cysts; Ghana; Miospores; Palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; BIOMARKER; CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; MIOSPORE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOMORPH; WETLAND;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AFROPOLLIS; ANDALUSIELLA; ARECACEAE; DINOGYMNIUM; DINOPHYCEAE; ELATEROCOLPITES; ELATEROSPORITES KLASZII; POLYMORPHUS; TRICHODINIUM CASTANEA;

EID: 33750983366     PISSN: 08995362     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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