Alternation of ecologic regimes in a deep-marine carbonate basin: Calciturbidite trace fossils from the Cretaceous Scaglia Rossa, northeastern Italy

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 204, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 317-330

  Miller III, William ^a   Stefani, Cristina ^b,c   Grandesso, Paolo ^b,c  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calciturbidites; Cretaceous; Deep carbonate basins; Deep marine trace fossils; Ecologic disturbances; Northern Italy

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BURROW; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CRETACEOUS; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1542351215     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00733-8     Document Type: Article

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