The occurrence and preservation of ammonites in the Blue Lias Formation (lower Jurassic) of Devon and Dorset, England and their palaeoecological, sedimentological and diagenetic significance

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 270, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 258-272

  Paul, C R C ^a   Allison, Peter A ^b   Brett, Carlton E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonites; Blue Lias Formation; Diagenesis; Lower Jurassic; Palaeoecology; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; BENTHOS; BLACK SHALE; COEXISTENCE; DIAGENESIS; JURASSIC; PALEOECOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEVON; DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 56349143672     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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