Entobia ichnofacies in fossil rocky shores, Lower Pliocene, northwestern Mediterranean

Palaios

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 476-487

  De Gibert, Jordi M ^a   Martinell, Jordi ^b   Domènech, Rosa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORING; ICHNOFACIES; PLIOCENE; ROCKY SHORE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ENTOBIA; GASTROCHAENOLITES; TRYPANITES; ZANCLEA;

EID: 0032459204     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1043/0883-1351(1998)013<0476:EIIFRS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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