Depositional environment and preservation of biota in the Lower Devonian hot-springs of Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 1993, Pages 433-442

  Trewin, Nigel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

arthropods; Chert; epithermal; Lower Devonian; plants; Rhynie; Scotland; sinter; volcanism

Indexed keywords

CHERT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEVONIAN; PRESERVATION; SILICIFICATION;

UK, SCOTLAND, ABERDEENSHIRE, RHYNIE;

EID: 0028193581     PISSN: 02635933     EISSN: 14737116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263593300006234     Document Type: Article

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