Lower Vendian microfossil assemblages of East Siberia: Significance for solving regional stratigraphic problems

Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 353-375

  Golubkova, E Yu ^a   Raevskaya, E G ^b   Kuznetsov, A B ^a  

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

^b Federal State Agency   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

biostratigraphy; East Siberia; microfossils; Vendian

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOTA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MICROFOSSIL; SEDIMENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY; VENDIAN;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN PLATFORM;

ACRITARCHA; MULTIFRONSPHAERIDIUM PELORIUM; NEPA; POLYGONIUM;

EID: 77955818975     PISSN: 08695938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0869593810040015     Document Type: Article

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