Comparative taphonomy of three bivalve species from a mass shell accumulation in the intertidal regime of North Sea tidal flats

Facies

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 461-478

  Schneider Storz, Birgit ^a   Nebelsick, James H ^a   Wehrmann, Achim ^b   Federolf, Christian M J ^b  

^a Institut fur Geowissenschaften   (Germany)

^b SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Mass accumulation; NorthSea; Shellbank; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BIOEROSION; BIVALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENCRUSTATION; FRAGMENTATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SHELL; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; TIDAL FLAT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GERMAN BIGHT; NORTH SEA; WADDEN SEA;

BALANIDAE; BIVALVIA; BRYOZOA; CERASTODERMA EDULE; CILIOPHORA; MACOMA BALTHICA; MYA; MYA ARENARIA; POLYCHAETA; POLYDORA CILIATA;

EID: 51549114199     PISSN: 01729179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10347-008-0152-6     Document Type: Article

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