Uniformitarianism as a guide to rocky-shore ecosystems in the geological record

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1119-1147

  Johnson, Markes E ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GEOLOGY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

FOSSILIZATION; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; ROCKY-SHORE ECOSYSTEMS;

COASTAL ZONES;

GEOLOGICAL RECORD; NEOGENE; PLEISTOCENE; ROCKY SHORE;

ANTHOZOA; BIVALVIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINOIDA; GASTROPODA; NEPTUNIA; OSTREIDAE; THORACICA; VERMETIDAE;

EID: 33846004837     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-045     Document Type: Review

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