Gravitational constraints on the burial of Chengjiang fossils

Palaios

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 448-453

  Zhang, Xi Guang ^a   Hou, Xian Guang ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURIAL (GEOLOGY); FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSILIZATION; GRAVITY FLOW; TAPHONOMY;

ASIA; CHENGJIANG; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34447526686     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2006.p06-085r     Document Type: Article

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