Silurian-Devonian miospores from the western and central Algeria

Revue de Micropaleontologie

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-128

  Kermandji, Adnan M Hassan ^a  

^a Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Algerian Sahara; Lower Devonian; Miospores; Palynostratigraphy; Taxonomy; Upper Silurian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEVONIAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MIOSPORE; NEW SPECIES; PALYNOLOGY; SILURIAN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; NORTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHELINOSPORA; HOMERIA; RADIATA; SCYLASPORA;

EID: 33947592815     PISSN: 00351598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revmic.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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