Trace fossils and rhizoliths as a tool for sedimentological and palaeoenvironmental analysis of ancient continental evaporite successions

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 383-399

  Rodriguez Aranda J P ^a   Calvo, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Continental formations; Evaporite environments; Gypsum; Ichnofabrics; Palaeolimnology; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

EVAPORITE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RHIZOLITH; TRACE FOSSIL;

EID: 18544408024     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00036-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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