Taphonomic variations in Eocene fish-bearing varves at Horsefly, British Columbia, reveal 10 000 years of environmental change

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-149

  Barton, Douglas G ^a,b   Wilson, Mark V H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BONE; CORRELATION METHODS; LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER;

ECOCENE FISH-BEARING VARVES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; OXYGENATION; TAPHONOMIC VARIATIONS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

EOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAPHONOMY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMYZON AGGREGATUM; EOHIODON; HEXAPODA; PISCES;

EID: 19344363801     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-001     Document Type: Article

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