Spore assemblages from Upper Ordovician and lowermost Silurian sediments recovered from the Qusaiba-1 shallow core hole, Qasim region, central Saudi Arabia

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 212, Issue , 2015, Pages 111-126

  Wellman, Charles H ^a   Steemans, Philippe ^b   Miller, Merrell A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c IRF GROUP INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptospores; Early land plants; Qalibah Formation (Qusaiba Member); Qasim Formation (Quwarah Member); Sarah Formation; Trilete spores

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLADISTICS; GLACIATION; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; PROTOZOAN; SILURIAN; SPORE; TAXONOMY;

QASIM; SAUDI ARABIA;

ACRITARCHA; CHITINOZOA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84918834359     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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