Middle Palaeogene dinoflagellate cysts from Tierra del Fuego, Argentina: Biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments

Journal of Micropalaeontology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-94

  Guerstein, G R ^a   Guler, M V ^a   Williams, G L ^b   Fensome, R A ^b   Chiesa, J O ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Biostratigraphy; Dinoflagellates; Palaeoenvironments; Palaeogene

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COLD WATER; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; EUSTACY; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGENE; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(PRV) ARGENTINA];

DINOPHYCEAE; IMPAGIDINIUM; LINGULODINIUM; NEMATOSPHAEROPSIS; PROTOPERIDINIACEAE; SPINIFERITES;

EID: 46149102517     PISSN: 0262821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jm.27.1.75     Document Type: Article

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