Paleoecological and paleoenvironmental implications of a high-density Chondrites association in slope deposits of the Neogene Santo Domingo Formation, Valdivia, south-central Chile

Ameghiniana

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 225-231

  Encinas, Alfonso ^a   Buatois, Luis A ^b   Finger, Kenneth L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chile; Chondrites; Ichnology; Neogene; Slope; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CHONDRITE; ICHNOLOGY; NEOGENE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SLOPE DYNAMICS; TRACE FOSSIL;

CHILE; LOS LAGOS; SOUTH AMERICA; VALDIVIA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 47249094630     PISSN: 00027014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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