Taphonomic and paleoenvironmental evidence of holocene shell-bed genesis and history on the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico shelf

Palaios

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 532-549

  Anderson, Laurie C ^a   Mcbride, Randolph A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRYOZOA; CANCELLATA; CHIONE CANCELLATA; FORAMINIFERA; MOLLUSCA; SORITIDAE;

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; HOLOCENE; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALAEOENVIRONMENTS; SHELL BED; SHELL BEDS; TAPHONOMY;

GULF OF MEXICO; USA, FLORIDA;

EID: 0030441115     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515189     Document Type: Article

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