Palaeoecology of the Bright Angel Shale in the eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, incorporating sedimentological, ichnological and palynological data

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 228, Issue , 2004, Pages 213-236

  Baldwin, Christopher T ^a   Strother, P K ^b   Beck, J H ^b   Rose, Eben ^c  

^a SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CARBON FLUX; ICHNOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY;

ARIZONA; GRAND CANYON; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GLOSSOPLEURA;

EID: 3543136549     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.228.01.11     Document Type: Article

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