Macrobenthic community structure in a high-productivity region: Upper Campanian Mishash Formation (Israel)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 261, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 58-77

  Edelman Furstenberg, Yael ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Community structure; Israel; Late Cretaceous; Macrofauna; Paleoenvironment; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOSSIL RECORD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLLUSC; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEAFLOOR; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; UPWELLING;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 41549126712     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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