A new helical trace fossil from the Lower Devonian of Spitsbergen (Svalbard) and its palaeoenvironmental significance

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 267, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 17-20

  Volohonsky, E ^a   Wisshak, M ^b   Blomeier, D ^c   Seilacher, A ^a   Snigirevsky, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Old Red Sandstone; Palaeoenvironment; Skolithos helicoidalis; Svalbard; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; HOST ROCK; MOLASSE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE FOSSIL;

ARCTIC; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; SKOLITHOS;

EID: 50349090778     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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