Ichnological analysis in high-resolution sequence stratigraphy: The Glossifungites ichnofacies in Triassic successions from the Betic Cordillera (southern Spain)

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 293-307

  Rodríguez Tovar, Francisco J ^a   Pérez Valera, Fernando ^a   Pérez López, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Betic Cordillera; Diplocraterion; Glossifungites ichnofacies; Parasequences; Rhizocorallium; Transgressive surfaces of erosion; Triassic

Indexed keywords

ICHNOFACIES; ICHNOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION; TRIASSIC;

BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

DIPLOCRATERION; RHIZOCORALLIUM;

EID: 34248230187     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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