The spatial (nearshore-offshore) distribution of latest Permian phytoplankton from the Yangtze Block, South China

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 363-364, Issue , 2012, Pages 151-162

  Lei, Yong ^a,b   Servais, Thomas ^b   Feng, Qinglai ^a   He, Weihong ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Acritarchs diversity; Late Permian; Paleoenvironment; Phytoplankton distribution

Indexed keywords

ACRITARCH; FACIES; MICROFOSSIL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PERMIAN; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CHINA; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

ACRITARCHA; DICTYOTIDIUM; FUNGI; LEIOSPHAERIDIA; MICRHYSTRIDIUM;

EID: 84867626743     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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