Environmental changes reflected by palynomorphs in the early Middle Ordovician Hanadir Member of the Qasim Formation, Saudi Arabia

Revue de Micropaleontologie

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-16

  Le Hérissé, Alain ^a   Al Ruwaili, Mansour ^b   Miller, Merrell ^b   Vecoli, Marco ^c  

^a Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Univ Lille   (France)

Author keywords

Chitinozoans; Cryptospores; Microphytoplankton; Middle Ordovician; Qasim Region; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; ORDOVICIAN; PALYNOMORPH; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TIDAL FLAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

ACRITARCHA; ALGAE; CHITINOZOA; CLYPEOLUS (ACRITARCH); TYRANNUS;

EID: 33947573323     PISSN: 00351598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmic.2007.01.010     Document Type: Article

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