Taphonomy and taphofacies models of the Pliocene deposits of Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz, SW Spain)

Geobios

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 543-558

  Rico García, Alberto ^a   Aguirre, Julio ^b   González Delgado, José Ángel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

C diz; Pectinids; Pliocene; SW Spain; Taphofacies models; Taphonomy; Vejer de la Frontera

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY;

ANDALUCIA; CADIZ [ANDALUCIA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VEJER DE LA FRONTERA;

BIVALVIA; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 48149106323     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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