A mid-cretaceous association of shell beds and organic-rich shale: Bivalve exploitation of a nutrient-rich, anoxic sea-floor environment

Palaios

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 156-169

  Henderson, Robert A ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CRETACEOUS; ORGANIC MATTER; SHALE; SHELL BED;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN;

ALBIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIVALVIA; INOCERAMUS; LAMIINAE; LETHRINIDAE;

EID: 1842690113     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2004)019<0156:AMAOSB>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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