Biotic destruction of terrestrial plant debris in the Late Paleozoic marine environment

Lethaia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 157-169

  Mapes, Royal H ^a   Mapes, Gene ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysaerobic detritivore; Dysoxic marine environments; Permineralized land plants; Plant detritus coprolites; Stephanian; Westphalian

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; STEPHANIA; VERTEBRATA;

COPROLITE; DYSOXIC ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLANT DETRITUS; STEPHANIAN; WESTPHALIAN;

EID: 0030400526     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1996.tb01871.x     Document Type: Article

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