Late Palaeozoic palynomorph assemblages from the Karoo Supergroup and their potential for biostratigraphic correlation, Kalahari Karoo Basin, Botswana

Bulletin of Geosciences

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 337-358

  Modie, Benson N ^a   le Hérissé, Alain ^b  

^a The Centre for Knowledge   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Assemblage zones; Kalahari Karoo Basin; Late carboniferous permian; Pollen; Spores

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; AGE DETERMINATION; ALGA; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CARBONIFEROUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; PERMIAN; POLLEN; SPORE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; KAROO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACRITARCHA; ALGAE; LUECKISPORITES; PLATYSACCUS; VITTATINA;

EID: 67749114173     PISSN: 12141119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3140/bull.geosci.1122     Document Type: Article

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