Fe-oxide spherules infilling Thalassinoides burrows at the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-P) boundary: Evidence of a near-contemporaneous macrobenthic colonization during the K-P event

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 585-588

  Rodríguez Tovar, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cretaceous Paleogene boundary event; Fe oxide spherules; Macro benthic colonization; Thalassinoides

Indexed keywords

FILLING MATERIALS; GRAVITATIONAL DEPOSITION; LAYER DEPOSITION; RAPID COLONIZATION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; DEPOSITION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FILLING; GRAVITATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

IRON OXIDES;

BURROW; COLONIZATION; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IRON OXIDE; SPHERULE; TRACE FOSSIL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 21944435884     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21527.1     Document Type: Article

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