Neoproterozoic microfossils from the margin of the East European Platform and the search for a biostratigraphic model of lower Ediacaran rocks

Precambrian Research

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 163-169

  Vorob'eva, N G ^a   Sergeev, V N ^a   Knoll, A H ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acritarch; Cryogenian; East European Platform; Ediacaran; Microfossil; Stratigraphy; Timan trough; Upper Riphean; Ural; Vendian

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MICROFOSSIL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN PLATFORM; URAL RIVER;

ACANTHOMORPHA; ACRITARCHA;

EID: 67650717589     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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