Microstratigraphy, trilobite biostratinomy, and depositional environment of the "Lower Cambrian" Ruin Wash Lagerstätte, Pioche Formation, Nevada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 100-122

  Webster, Mark ^a   Gaines, Robert R ^b   Hughes, Nigel C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biostratinomy; Cambrian; Ichnology; Microstratigraphy; Taphonomy; Trilobita

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ICHNOLOGY; LITHOFACIES; STRATIGRAPHY; TAPHONOMY; TRILOBITE;

CHIEF RANGE; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA; OLENELLOIDEA; TRILOBITA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 45049087726     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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