Trace fossils and ichnofabrics on the Lower Muschelkalk carbonate ramp (Triassic) of Germany: tool for high-resolution sequence stratigraphy

Geologische Rundschau

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-31

  Knaust, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Z and S Geoscience   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICHNOFACIES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE FOSSIL; TRIASSIC;

GERMANY;

EID: 0031782283     PISSN: 00167835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050186     Document Type: Article

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