Ediacaran stratigraphy and the biota of the Adelaide Geosyncline, South Australia

Episodes

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 236-246

  Gehling, James G ^a   Droser, Mary L ^b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTA; CAMBRIAN; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; PROTEROZOIC; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ADELAIDE GEOSYNCLINE; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84892931577     PISSN: 07053797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18814/epiiugs/2012/v35i1/023     Document Type: Article

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