Paleogeography and taphonomy of faunal assemblages in gray 'core' (offshore) shales in Midcontinent Pennyslvanian cyclothems

Palaios

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 311-334

  Malinky, John M ^a   Heckel, Philip H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTHEM; PALEOECOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN; TAPHONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032409697     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1043/0883-1351(1998)013<0311:PATOFA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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