Palaeoecology of corals and rudists in mixed volcaniclastic-carbonate small-scale rhythms (Upper Cretaceous, Jamaica)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 186, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 237-259

  Mitchell, Simon F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Corals; Cretaceous; Jamaica; Palaeoecology; Rudist bivalves

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CARBONATE PLATFORM; CORAL; CRETACEOUS; PALEOECOLOGY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

JAMAICA;

ACTINACIS; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; CHIAPASELLA RADIOLITIFORMIS; DASMOSMILIA; GASTROPODA; RHODOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037107523     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(02)00505-9     Document Type: Article

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