Palynology of the ordovician kanosh shale at Fossil Mountain, Utah

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 424-447

  Vecoli, Marco ^a,b   Beck, John H ^c   Strother, Paul K ^a,c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b SAUDI ARAMCO   (Saudi Arabia)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ACRITARCH; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GONDWANA; LAGOON; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; ORDOVICIAN; PALYNOLOGY; SHALE; SHALLOW WATER; SPORE; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; CANNING BASIN; GEORGINA BASIN; UNITED STATES; UTAH; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ACRITARCHA; HETEROMORPHA;

EID: 84946607018     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jpa.2015.29     Document Type: Article

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