Crinoid biofacies in Upper Carboniferous cyclothems, midcontinent North America: Faunal tracking and the role of regional processes in biofacies recurrence

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 47-81

  Holterhoff, Peter F ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

crinoid; North America; palaeocommunity; palaeoecology; Pennsylvanian

Indexed keywords

BIOFACIES; CARBONIFEROUS; CRINOID; CYCLOTHEM; FAUNAL TRACKING;

EID: 0030595824     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00088-0     Document Type: Article

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