Applications of ichnology in lacustrine sequence stratigraphy: Potential and limitations

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 272, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 127-142

  Buatois, Luis A ^a   Mángano, M Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balanced fill lakes; Lakes; Overfilled lakes; Sequences stratigraphy; Trace fossils; Underfilled lakes

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCHARGE; ICHNOFACIES; ICHNOLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRACE FOSSIL;

ARTHROPODA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MERMIA; SCOYENIA; SKOLITHOS;

EID: 59249092630     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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