Paleohydrological significance of trace fossil distribution in Oligocene fluvial-fan-to-lacustrine systems of the Ebro Basin, Spain

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 272, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 162-175

  de Gibert, Jordi M ^a   Sáez, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fluvial fan; Ichnology; Lake; Mermia ichnofacies; Scoyenia ichnofacies

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ICHNOFACIES; ICHNOLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OLIGOCENE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TRACE FOSSIL;

EBRO BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; COCHLICHNUS ANGUINEUS; INVERTEBRATA; MERMIA; SCOYENIA; TAENIDIUM BARRETTI;

EID: 59249098787     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.10.030     Document Type: Article

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