Bioerosion of shells by terrestrial gastropods

Lethaia

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 253-260

  Cadée, Gerhard C ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; Gastropods; Recent; Shell dissolution; Taphonomy; Terrestrial; Vert ebrate bones

Indexed keywords

BIOEROSION; DISSOLUTION; SHELL; TAPHONOMY;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 0033501718     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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