Trace fossils of the Jurassic, blue lias, lyme regis, Southern England

Ichnos

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 283-306

  Moghadam, H V ^a   Paul, C R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blue lias; England; Jurassic; Microrhythms; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIAGENESIS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ICHNOLOGY; JURASSIC; TRACE FOSSIL;

ENGLAND (DORSET); LYME REGIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ARENICOLITES; CLETOCAMPTUS; GRYPHAEA; THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 0034443307     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940009380167     Document Type: Article

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