Palaeoecological patterns within the dysaerobic biofacies: Examples from Devonian black shales of New York state

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 276, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 206-216

  Boyer, Diana L ^a   Droser, Mary L ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black shales; Devonian; Dysaerobic; Low oxygen; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BLACK SHALE; BRACHIOPOD; DEVONIAN; OXIC CONDITIONS; PALEOECOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRACHIOPODA; CAMAROTOECHIOIDEA;

EID: 64949137700     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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