The ichnology of modern and Pleistocene brackish-water deposits at Willapa Bay, Washington: Variability in estuarine settings

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Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 352-374

  Gingras, Murray K ^a   Pemberton, S George ^a   Saunders, Tom ^a   Clifton, H Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; ICHNOLOGY; MODEL; PLEISTOCENE;

UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CRUSTACEA; GYROLITHES; LAMIINAE; PALAEOPHYCUS; PLANOLITES; SKOLITHOS; TEICHICHNUS;

EID: 0032730456     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515462     Document Type: Article

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