Palaeoenvironmental analysis of shell beds in the Wealden Group (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight, southern England: an initial account

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 489-504

  Radley, Jonathan D ^a,b   Barker, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHELL BED; TAPHONOMY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULIDAE; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 0032105329     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1997.0106     Document Type: Article

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