Carbonate concretions from the London Clay (Ypresian, Eocene) of southern England and the exceptional preservation of wood-boring communities

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 187-200

  Huggett, Jennifer M ^a   Gale, Andrew S ^a,b   Evans, Sian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Borings; Concretions; Eocene; UK

Indexed keywords

BORING ORGANISM; CARBONATE; CONCRETION; LONDON CLAY; TAPHONOMY; WOOD;

ENGLAND(KENT); ISLE OF SHEPPEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141879927     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.1.187     Document Type: Article

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