Conodont biostratigraphy of the Upper Devonian-Lower Carboniferous Shahmirzad section, central Alborz, Iran

Geobios

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 763-777

  Habibi, Tahereh ^a   Corradini, Carlo ^b   Yazdi, Mehdi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Conodonts; Early Carboniferous; Iran; Late Devonian

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONODONT; DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT;

ASIA; ELBURZ; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

BISPATHODUS; CLYDAGNATHUS; GNATHODUS; HINDEODUS; POLYGNATHUS; SIPHONODELLA;

EID: 56949083609     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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