Analysis of mineral segregation in euzonus mucronata burrow structures: One possible method used in the construction of ancient macaronichnus segregates

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 91-102

  Dafoe, Lynn T ^a   Gingras, Murray ^a   Pemberton, S George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burrow; Deposit feeding; Euzonus mucronata; Ichnology; Macaronichnus segregatis; Mantle; Mineral segregation; Neoichnology; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BURROWING; BURROWING ORGANISM; DEPOSIT FEEDING; ICHNOLOGY; MANTLE; POLYCHAETE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRACE FOSSIL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PACHENA BAY; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EUZONUS MUCRONATA; OPHELIIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 43049111419     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940802016582     Document Type: Article

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