Late Jurassic and Cretaceous palynostratigraphy of the onshore Rovuma Basin, Northern Mozambique

Palynology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2008, Pages 63-76

  Smelror, Morten ^a   Key, Roger M ^b   Smith, Richard A ^b   Njange, Fernando ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Direcção National de Geologia   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Mesozoic; Mozambique; Palynomorphs

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; GONDWANA; HIATUS; JURASSIC; MARL; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; SEDIMENTATION;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; ROVUMA BASIN;

DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 58649100905     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gspalynol.32.1.63     Document Type: Article

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