Siluro-Devonian miospore biostratigraphy of the Urubu River area, western Amazon Basin, northern Brazil

Geobios

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-282

  Steemans, Philippe ^a   Rubinstein, Claudia ^b   de Melo, José Henrique G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon Basin; Biostratigraphy; Devonian; Miospore; Palaeogeography; Silurian

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEVONIAN; FLORA; MIOSPORE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALYNOLOGY; SILURIAN;

AMAZON BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACRITARCHA; CHITINOZOA; GRANDISPORA;

EID: 42149089825     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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