On the affinity of Chuaria-Tawuia complex: A multidisciplinary study

Precambrian Research

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 123-136

  Sharma, Mukund ^a   Mishra, Sanjay ^b   Dutta, Suryendu ^c   Banerjee, Santanu ^c   Shukla, Yogmaya ^a  

^a BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY   (India)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Affinity; Bhima basin; Chuaria circularis; Cyanophyceae; Life cycle; Micro FTIR; Reconstruction; Tawuia; Thin walled pressure vessel; Vindhyan Supergroup

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BIOMETRY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; LIFE CYCLE; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMER; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; SHALE;

ASIA; BHIMA BASIN; EURASIA; INDIA; MADHYA PRADESH; SOUTH ASIA; VINDHYA RANGE;

ALGAE; CHUARIA; CHUARIA CIRCULARIS; CYANOBACTERIA; TAWUIA;

EID: 67650751039     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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