New evidence for 250 Ma age of halotolerant bacterium from a Permian salt crystal: Comment

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Willerslev, Eske ^a   Hebsgaard, Martin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PERMIAN; SALT DOME; TOLERANCE;

EID: 84871117447     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613-33.1.e93     Document Type: Note

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