Record of microendoliths in different facies of the Upper Ordovician in the Cincinnati Arch region USA: The early history of light-related microendolithic zonation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 281, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 1-24

  Vogel, Klaus ^a   Brett, Carlton E ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Bioerosion; Endoliths; Ichnology; Ordovician

Indexed keywords

ARCH; BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; BIOEROSION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENDOLITHON; ICHNOLOGY; ORDOVICIAN; PHANEROZOIC; SHELL; SKELETON; ZONATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; BRACHIOPODA; CHLOROPHYTA; CINCINNATIA; CONCHOCELIS; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 70049093662     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.032     Document Type: Article

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