Palynostratigraphy of Middle Cambrian to lowermost Ordovician stratal sequences in the High Zagros Mountains, southern Iran: Regional stratigraphic implications, and palaeobiogeographic significance

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 97-114

  Ghavidel syooki, Mohammad ^a   Vecoli, Marco ^b  

^a NATIONAL IRANIAN OIL COMPANY   (Iran)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

acritarchs; biostratigraphy; High Zagros Mountain Range; Iran; Middle Late Cambrian; palaeobiogeography; Tremadocian

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CAMBRIAN; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; ORDOVICIAN; PALYNOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TREMADOCIAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; ZAGROS;

ACRITARCHA;

EID: 43449103613     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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