Taphonomy of lacustrine interbeds in the Kirkpatrick Basalt (Jurassic), Antarctica

Palaios

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 344-355

  Stigall, Alycia L ^a   Babcock, Loren E ^b   Briggs, Derek E G ^c   Leslie, Stephen A ^d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BIOTA; DEPOSITION; FISH; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; JURASSIC; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL MAT; OSTRACOD; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; VICTORIA LAND;

ANIMALIA; CONCHOSTRACA; HEXAPODA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 45249096493     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2007.p07-029r     Document Type: Article

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