Trace fossil analysis of lacustrine facies and basins

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 367-382

  Buatois, Luis A ^a   Mángano, M Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ichnofabrics; Ichnofacies; Lakes; Palaeolimnology; Sedimentology; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

ICHNOFACIES; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; TRACE FOSSIL;

EID: 0041680684     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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