Why barren intervals? A taphonomic case study of the Scandinavian Alum Shale and its faunas

Lethaia

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 271-285

  Schovsbo, N H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brachiopods; Eustatic events; Geochemistry; Palaeoecology; Trilobites; V (V + Ni) ratio

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; OXYGEN; SHALE; TAPHONOMY;

AGNOSTIDAE; BRACHIOPODA; OLENIDAE; OSTRACODA; TRILOBITOIDEA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 0035193403     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2001.tb00056.x     Document Type: Article

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