The significance of bioturbated inclined heterolithic stratification in the southern part of the Miocene solimoes formation, Rio Acre, Amazonia Brazil

Palaios

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 591-601

  Gingras, Murray K ^a   Räsänen, Matti ^b   Ranzi, Alceu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ACRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ICHNOLOGY; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; STRATIFICATION; TRACE FOSSIL;

BRAZIL;

BOCA;

EID: 0036970468     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2002)017<0591:TSOBIH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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