The impact of bioturbation on infaunal ecology and evolution during the Proterozoic-Cambrian transition

Palaios

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 58-72

  McIlroy, Duncan ^a,c   Logan, Graham A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY;

CANADA; NORWAY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033084069     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515361     Document Type: Article

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