Deep marine trace fossil assemblages from the Lower Carboniferous of Menorca, Balearic Islands, western Mediterranean

Geological Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-258

  Orr, Patrick J ^a,c   Benton, Michael J ^a   Trewin, Nigel H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Balearic Islands; Deep marine environments; Environmental partitioning; Ichnofauna; Lower Carboniferous; Menorca; Nereites; Palaeoichnocoenoses; Preservation potential; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DEBRIS FLOW; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBMARINE FAN; TRACE FOSSIL; TURBIDITE;

SPAIN, BALEARIC ISLANDS, MINORCA;

EID: 0030517817     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1034(199609)31:3<235::AID-GJ706>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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