Albian (Lower Cretaceous) Dinoflagellate cyst biostratigraphy of the Lower Gearle Siltstone, Southern Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia

Palynology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-68

  Backhouse, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albian; Biostratigraphy; Dinoflagellate cysts; Lower cretaceous; Paleoecology; Western australia

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOMANIAN; CYST; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; NANOFOSSIL; PALEOECOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CARNARVON BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

DINOPHYCEAE; LITOSPHAERIDIUM; LITOSPHAERIDIUM SIPHONIPHORUM; NEMATOSPHAEROPSIS; SPINIFERITES; XENASCUS;

EID: 33846893440     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2006.9989618     Document Type: Article

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