Trace fossils and biofabrics at the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary interval in western Mongolia

Geological Magazine

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 403-415

  Goldring, R ^a   Jensen, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFABRIC; PRECAMBRIAN/CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY; SANDSTONE; TAPHONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL;

MONGOLIA, ZAVKHAN BASIN;

EID: 0030469634     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016756800007573     Document Type: Article

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