Mesoproterozoic Lakhanda Lagerstätte, Siberia: Paleoecology and taphonomy of the microbiota

Precambrian Research

Volumn 173, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 146-153

  Podkovyrov, Victor N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND GEOCHRONOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Lakhanda biota; Mesoproterozoic; Microfossils; Mudstones; Paleoredox proxies; Siberia; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; CLAY MINERAL; DOMINANCE; EUKARYOTE; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOECOLOGY; PRESERVATION; PROTEROZOIC; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; TRACE ELEMENT;

EURASIA; SIBERIA;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 67650762544     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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