Upper cretaceous to neogene palynology of the Melut Basin, southeast Sudan

Palynology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2008, Pages 101-129

  Eisawi, A L I ^a   Schrank, Eckart ^b  

^a AL NEELAIN UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Melut basin; Neogene; Paleoecology; Paleogene; Pollen; Spores; Sudan; Upper cretaceous

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRACKISH WATER; CRETACEOUS; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; NEOGENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGENE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; SPORE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MELUT BASIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ALGAE; ARECACEAE; ARIADNAESPORITES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE; FILICOPHYTA; FOVEOTRICOLPITES; HYDROPTERIDALES; NYPA; POACEAE; PTERIDOPHYTA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SPINIZONOCOLPITES;

EID: 58649116252     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gspalynol.32.1.101     Document Type: Article

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