Ichnofabrics and geometric configurations of Ophiomorpha within a sequence stratigraphic framework: An example from the Upper Cretaceous US western interior

Sedimentology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 379-396

  Anderson, Brian G ^a,b   Droser, Mary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mesa Southwest Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; ICHNOLOGY; OPHIOMORPHA; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

USA, UTAH;

EID: 0031712465     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1998.0161f.x     Document Type: Article

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