Preservation and accumulation of biological inclusions in Lebanese amber and their significance

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 151-156

  Azar, Dany ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Amber; Fossil insects; Lebanon; Palaeobiogeography; Palaeoenvironment; Palaeoparasitism; Palaeosymbiosis

Indexed keywords

AMBER; COAL DEPOSITS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ACCUMULATION; AMBER; FOSSILIZATION; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRESERVATION; SYMBIOSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 33846811343     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2006.10.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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