Trace fossils from the Dividalen Group of northern Finland with remarks on early cambrian trace fossil provincialism

GFF

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-325

  Systra, Ylo J ^a   Jensen, Sören ^b  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dividalen group; Finland; Lower cambrian; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CAMBRIAN; ICHNOLOGY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRACE FOSSIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; KILPISJARVI; LAPPI [FINLAND]; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

GYROLITHES;

EID: 33846509700     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035890601284321     Document Type: Article

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