Approaching trophic structure in Late Jurassic neritic shelves: A western Tethys example from southern Iberia

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 101-139

  Olóriz, Federico ^a   Reolid, Matías ^a,b   Rodríguez Tovar, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

epicontinental platform; micro and macroinvertebrates; paleoenvironmental features; trophic relationships; Upper Jurassic

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; JURASSIC; LITHOFACIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

FORAMINIFERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750931435     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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