Earliest freshwater diatoms from the Deccan Intertrappean (Maastrichtian) sediments of India

Micropaleontology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 545-551

  Singh, R S ^a   Stoermer, E F ^b   Kar, Ratan ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECCAN TRAPS; DIATOM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAVA FLOW; MAASTRICHTIAN; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

ARIADNAESPORITES; AZOLLA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FILICOPHYTA; NITZSCHIA; PLANOTHIDIUM; RHIZOPODA; THECAMOEBA;

EID: 34248375124     PISSN: 00262803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsmicropal.52.6.545     Document Type: Article

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