Evidence that Early Carboniferous ostracods colonised coastal flood plain brackish water environments

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 230, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 299-318

  Williams, Mark ^a,h   Leng, Melanie J ^b,c   Stephenson, Michael H ^b   Andrews, Julian E ^d   Wilkinson, Ian P ^b   Siveter, David J ^e   Horne, David J ^f   Vannier, Jean M C ^g  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Coastal flood plain palaeoenvironment; Ostracods

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; CARBONIFEROUS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OSTRACOD; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

BYTHOCYPRIS; MOLLUSCA; OSTRACODA; PARAPARCHITACEA; PODOCOPIDA;

EID: 30944458611     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.07.021     Document Type: Article

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