The paleoenvironmental distribution of Phanerozoic wrinkle structures

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 181-195

  Mata, Scott A ^a   Bottjer, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambrian; depositional systems; Early Triassic; microbial mats; MISS

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL MAT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHANEROZOIC; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TRIASSIC;

EID: 70349276715     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.06.001     Document Type: Review

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