Island benthic assemblages: With examples from the late Ordovician of Eastern Australia

Historical Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 171-185

  Percival, Ian G ^a,b   Webby, Barry D ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Specialist Services Section   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benthic assemblages; Biofacies; Island palaeoecology; Ordovician

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ASSEMBLAGE; BIOFACIES; ISLAND BIOTA; ISLAND COMMUNITY; ORDOVICIAN; PALAEOECOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES;

EODINOBOLUS; TETRADIUM;

EID: 0030437384     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10292389609380540     Document Type: Article

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