Retrograde community structure in the late Eocene of Antarctica

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 903-906

  Aronson, Richard B ^a   Blake, Daniel B ^b   Oji, Tatsuo ^c  

^a DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; LATE EOCENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SHALLOW WATERS; SOFT SUBSTRATES; SUSPENSION FEEDER;

GEOLOGY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EOCENE; EPIFAUNA; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MESOZOIC; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOBIOLOGY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALEOZOIC; RETROGRESSION; PALAEOBIOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; SEYMOUR ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA; ANTARTICA;

EID: 0031396205     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0903:RCSITL>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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