Trace fossils from Arenig flysch sediments of Eire and their bearing on the early colonisation of the deep seas

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 61-77

  Crimes, T R ^a   Hidalgo, J E Garcia ^b   Poire, D G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arenig; diversity; Eire; trace fossils

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002819526     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420949209380076     Document Type: Article

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