Ichnology of a marine regressive systems tract: The Middle Triassic of Svalbard

Polar Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-359

  Mørk, Atle ^a,b   Bromley, Richard G ^c  

^a SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ichno fabrics; Svalbard; Trace fossils; Triassic

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ICHNOFABRIC; ICHNOFACIES; ICHNOLOGY; SYSTEMS TRACT; TRACE FOSSIL; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE; TRIASSIC;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

BIVALVIA; RHIZOCORALLIUM; TAENIDIUM; THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 56849095012     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2008.00077.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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