Organic microfossil assemblages from the late Ediacaran rocks of the Malopolska block, Southeastern Poland

Geological Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-94

  Jachowicz Zdanowska, Monika ^a  

^a POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acritarchs; Ediacaran; Malopolska block; Southern Poland; TESZ

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; CYANOBACTERIUM; EDIACARAN; FLYSCH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MICROFOSSIL; ORDOVICIAN; PALYNOLOGY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SUTURE ZONE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

MALOPOLSKA; POLAND;

ACRITARCHA; CYANOBACTERIA; LEIOSPHAERIDIA;

EID: 80052936223     PISSN: 16417291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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