Biostratigraphy and biogeography of Himalayan Cambrian trilobites

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 328, Issue , 1999, Pages 109-116

  Hughes, Nigel C ^a   Jell, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS;

CURRENT MODELS; EARLY CAMBRIANS; EARLY ORDOVICIAN; FAUNAL DIVERSITY; INDIAN SUBCONTINENTS; OROGENIC EVENTS; STRUCTURAL SEPARATIONS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY;

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; ORDOVICIAN; PASSIVE MARGIN; TRILOBITE;

AUSTRALIA; CHINA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84871955355     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2328-0.109     Document Type: Article

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