Palaeoenvironmental interpretation of a Triassic-Jurassic boundary section from western Austria based on palaeoecological and geochemical data

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 136, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 79-95

  McRoberts, Christopher A ^a,d   Furrer, Heinz ^b   Jones, Douglas S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Austria; Extinction; Geochemistry; Jurassic; Palaeoecology; Triassic

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; PALAEOECOLOGY; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; TRIASSIC JURASSIC;

AUSTRIA, VORARLBERG, LORUNS;

BIVALVIA; ECHINODERMATA; MYTILIDAE; OSTREIDAE; OXYTOMIDAE;

EID: 0031434091     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(97)00074-6     Document Type: Article

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