Brachiopod and bivalve ecology in the Late Triassic (Alps, Austria): Onshore-offshore replacements caused by variations in sediment and nutrient supply

Palaios

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 344-368

  Tomašových, Adam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIVALVE; BRACHIOPOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT USE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PALEOECOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; TRIASSIC;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

BIVALVIA; BRACHIOPODA;

EID: 33748356041     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2005.P05-53e     Document Type: Article

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