Microbial and molecular fossils from the Permian Zoophycos in South China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1121-1127

  Gong, YiMing ^a,b,c   Xu, Ran ^a   Xie, ShuCheng ^a   Huang, XianYu ^a   Hu, Bin ^b,c   Qi, YongAn ^b,c   Zhang, GuoCheng ^b,c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Key Laboratory of Biogenic Traces and Sedimentary Minerals of Henan Province   (China)

Author keywords

Microbes; Molecular fossils; Permian; South China; Trace fossils; Zoophycos

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR FOSSILS; SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA; TRACE FOSSILS;

ANIMALS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ABUNDANCE; COLONY; FOOD SUPPLY; ICHNOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MICROORGANISM; MORPHOLOGY; PERMIAN; REDOX CONDITIONS; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; TRACE FOSSIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

ZOOPHYCOS;

EID: 34447303295     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0080-2     Document Type: Article

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