Ichnotaxonomy of microbial trace fossils in volcanic glass

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 159-169

  McLoughlin, N ^a   Furnes, H ^a   Banerjee, N R ^b   Muehlenbachs, K ^c   Staudigel, H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREENSTONE BELT; ICHNOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; OPHIOLITE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRECAMBRIAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL; VOLCANIC GLASS;

EID: 68949195415     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-049     Document Type: Article

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