A survey of fossil footprint sites at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (Western USA): A case study in documentation of trace fossil resources at a national preserve

Ichnos

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 177-211

  Lockley, Martin G ^a   Hunt, Adrian P ^b   Meyer, Christian ^c   Rainforth, Emma C ^d   Schultz, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Mesa Technical College   (United States)

^c Naturmuseum Solothurn   (Switzerland)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; Resource management; Vertebrate ichnology

Indexed keywords

FOOTPRINT; MESOZOIC; PALEOZOIC; TRACE FOSSIL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032434946     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420949809386417     Document Type: Review

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