Ediacaran acritarch biota from the Giles 1 drillhole, Officer Basin, Australia, and its potential for biostratigraphic correlation

Precambrian Research

Volumn 162, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 498-530

  Willman, Sebastian ^a   Moczydłowska, Małgorzata ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Biostratigraphy; Ediacaran; Neoproterozoic; Officer Basin; Palaeogeography

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EDIACARAN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RECONSTRUCTION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; OFFICER BASIN;

ACRITARCHA; ALGAE; ECHINOSPHAERIDIUM; METAZOA;

EID: 41249099104     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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