Ammonoid taphonomy, palaeoenvironments and sequence stratigraphy at the Bajocian/Bathonian boundary on the Bas Auran area (Subalpine Basin, south-eastern France)

Lethaia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 377-391

  Fernández López, Sixto R ^a  

^a Universidad Complutense de Madrid CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bathonian GSSP; Condensation; Fossilization; Limestone marl cycles; Middle Jurassic

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BAJOCIAN; BATHONIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FACIES ANALYSIS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSILIZATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENTATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STARVATION; TAPHONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SUBALPINE BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 35948981806     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00036.x     Document Type: Article

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