Paleodepth and paleoenvironment of Dactyloidites ottoi (Geinitz, 1849) from Lower Cretaceous Deltaic deposits (Basque-Cantabrian Basin, West Pyrenees)

Palaios

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 276-291

  Agirrezabala, Luis M ^a   De Gibert, Jordi M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; APTIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHALLOW WATER; TRACE FOSSIL;

BASQUE-CANTABRIAN BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALBIA;

EID: 3042856051     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2004)019<0276:PAPODO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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