Chapter 9.1 Neoproterozoic Acritarch Evolution

Developments in Precambrian Geology

Volumn 16, Issue C, 2009, Pages 319-326

  Gaucher, Claudio ^a   Sprechmann, Peter ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

acritarchs; biodiversity; biostratigraphy; Ediacaran; Neoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749089441     PISSN: 01662635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2635(09)01622-3     Document Type: Review

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