The sedimentology and depositional environment of the Crato Formation

The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 44-62

  Heimhofer, Ulrich ^a   Martill, David M ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 74549208603     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511535512.005     Document Type: Chapter

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