Distribution, ecology and taphonomy of the organism trace, Scolicia, in northeast Atlantic deep-sea sediments

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 289-300

  Fu, S ^a   Werner, F ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Deep sea; Northeast Atlantic; Scolicia

Indexed keywords

BURROW; DEEP SEA; ECOLOGY; ICHNOLOGY; TAPHONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ECHINOIDEA; SCOLICIA;

EID: 0034161761     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(99)00146-7     Document Type: Article

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