Trace fossils after the K-T boundary event from the Agost section, SE Spain

Geological Magazine

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 429-440

  Rodríguez Tovar, Francisco J ^a   Uchman, Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Palaeoenvironmental change; Spain; Tertiary boundary; Trace fossil

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS;

CRETACEOUS; PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; SPAIN; TERTIARY BOUNDARY; TRACE FOSSILS;

METEORITES;

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; MASS EXTINCTION; SURVIVAL; TRACE FOSSIL;

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

EID: 3843064592     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756804009410     Document Type: Article

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