Bioturbation levels during the end-ordovician extinction event: A case study of shallow marine strata from the Welsh Basin

Aquatic Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-287

  Herringshaw, Liam G ^a   Davies, Neil S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benthos; Ichnofabrics; Infauna; Mass extinctions; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350701175     PISSN: 18647782     EISSN: 18647790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ab00057     Document Type: Article

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