The Early Cambrian acritarch Skiagia and its significance for global correlation

Palaeoworld

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 328-347

  Moczydłowska, Małgorzata ^a   Zang, Wen Long ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acritarch; Biostratigraphy; Correlation; Early Cambrian; Phytoplankton; Zonation

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MARKER BED; MICROFOSSIL; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

ACRITARCHA; SKIAGIA;

EID: 33751506399     PISSN: 1871174X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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