Effects of volcanic ashfall recorded in ancient marine benthic communities: Comparison of a nearshore and an offshore environment

Lethaia

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-139

  Heikoop, Jeffrey M ^a   Tsujita, Cameron J ^a,b   Heikoop, Cherylyn E ^a   Risk, Michael J ^a   Dickin, Alan P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Bearpaw Formation; Benthic communities; Concretions; Coral reefs; Cretaceous; Fossil diagenesis; Fossil lagerst tten; Fossil preservation; Indonesia; Pleistocene; Taphonomy; Volcanic ash

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA;

BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSILIZATION; TAPHONOMY; VOLCANIC ASH;

CANADA, ALBERTA; INDONESIA;

EID: 0030422610     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1996.tb01868.x     Document Type: Article

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