The significance of Pleistocene Psilonichnus at Willapa Bay, Washington

Palaios

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 142-151

  Gingras, Murray K ^a   Hubbard, Stephen M ^a   Pemberton, S George ^a   Saunders, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICHNOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; TRACE FOSSIL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034031806     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2000)015<0142:TSOPPA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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