A Bathysiphon (Foraminifera) 'shell bed' from the Cretaceous of northern California, USA: Example of a parautochthonous macro-skeletal deposit in deep-ocean turbidites

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 260, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 342-346

  Miller III, William ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathysiphon; Cretaceous; Deep ocean; Foraminifera; Macro skeletal accumulation; Turbidite

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEEP SEA; FORAMINIFERA; SHELL BED; SKELETAL REMAINS; TURBIDITE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BATHYSIPHON; BATHYSIPHONIDAE; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 41149162031     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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