First biostratigraphic (palynological) dating of Middle and Late Cambrian strata in the subsurface of northwestern Algeria, North Africa: Implications for regional stratigraphy

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 57-62

  Vecoli, Marco ^a   Videt, Blaise ^b   Paris, Florentin ^b  

^a Univ Lille   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

acritarchs; Algerian Sahara; biostratigraphy; Cambrian; sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; GRAPHITIZATION; ORDOVICIAN; PALYNOLOGY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; STRATABOUND DEPOSIT;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; ANTI ATLAS; ATLAS MOUNTAINS; CANADA; MARRAKECH-TENSIFT-AL HAOUZ; MOROCCO; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; SAHARAN ATLAS; TACHEDDIRT VALLEY;

ACRITARCHA; PARADOXIDES;

EID: 38649101568     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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