Preliminary palynological investigation of Saudi Arabian Upper Ordovician glacial sediments

Revue de Micropaleontologie

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-26

  Miller, Merrell A ^a   Al Ruwaili, Mansour H ^a  

^a SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Glaciation; Palynomorph reworking; Saudi Arabia; Upper Ordovician

Indexed keywords

ARABIAN PLATE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; ORDOVICIAN; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

ACRITARCHA;

EID: 33947592619     PISSN: 00351598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmic.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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