Planispiral cephalopod shells as a sensitive indicator of modern and ancient bottom currents: New data from flow experiments with modern Nautilus pompilius

Palaios

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-297

  Wani, Ryoji ^a   Ikeda, Hiroshi ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CEPHALOPOD; MORPHOLOGY; ORNAMENTATION; PALEOCURRENT; SHELL; TAPHONOMY;

AMMONOIDEA; CEPHALOPODA; NAUTILUS POMPILIUS;

EID: 33745388702     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2004.p04-92     Document Type: Article

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