Trace fossils from late Carboniferous storm deposits, Upper Silesia Coal Basin, Poland

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 517-546

  Głuszek, Arkadiusz ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Grace fossil; Invertebrate trace fossils; Namurian A; Poland; Storm deposits; Upper Silesia Coal Basin

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; TRACE FOSSIL;

POLAND;

EID: 0344267756     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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