Sediment mixing and stratigraphic disorder revealed by the age-structure of Tellina shells in Great Barrier Reef sediment

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 811-814

  Kosnik, Matthew A ^a,d   Hua, Quan ^b   Jacobsen, Geraldine E ^b   Kaufman, Darrell S ^c   Wüst, Raphael A ^d  

^a Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization ^*  (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Carbonate sediments; Mollusca; Size distribution; Taphonomy; Time averaging

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CARBONATE MINERALS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

BIOTURBATION; CARBONATE SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT MIXING; STRATIGRAPHIC DISORDER; TAPHONOMY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

BARRIER REEF; BIOTURBATION; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTATION; MOLLUSC; SEDIMENT CORE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TAPHONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

MOLLUSCA; TELLINA;

EID: 34548770148     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23722A.1     Document Type: Article

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