Ichnofabrics of the Upper Cretaceous marlstones in the Opole region, southern Poland

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 81-91

  Kȩdzierski, Mariusz ^a   Uchman, Alfred ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Ichnofabrics; Palaeoenvironment analysis marlstones; Poland; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHONDRITE; CRETACEOUS; ICHNOFABRIC; ICHNOLOGY; MARL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TRACE FOSSIL;

POLAND;

CHONDRITES; CRUZIANA; OPHIOMORPHA; PALAEOPHYCUS; PHYCOSIPHON; PLANOLITES; TAENIDIUM; TEICHICHNUS; THALASSINOIDES; TRICHICHNUS;

EID: 0141994390     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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