Middle-Upper Devonian (Givetian-Famennian) bone/conodont beds from central Kentucky, USA: Reworking and event condensation in the distal Acadian foreland basin

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 242, 2003, Pages 125-139

  Brett, Carlton E ^a   Turner, Alan H ^a   McLaughlin, Patrick I ^a   Over, D Jeffrey ^b   Storrs, Glenn W ^c   Baird, Gordon C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Cincinnati Museum Center   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone beds; Condensation; Famennian; Frasnian; Givetian; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BONE; DEVONIAN; FAMENNIAN; FRASNIAN; GIVETIAN; REWORKING; TAPHONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

CRINOIDEA; ENTOVALVA; IMPLETA; NEPTUNIA;

EID: 0037826842     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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