Enigmatic fossils from the Upper Silurian of Bolivia: Evidence for marine productivity in high-latitude Gondwana

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 325, Issue , 2009, Pages 177-200

  Edwards, D ^a   Axe, L ^a   Poire D G ^b   Morel, E M ^c   Bassett, M G ^d   Cingolani, C A ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c Centro Científico y Tecnológico Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^d DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; BIOTURBATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES; FOSSIL RECORD; GONDWANA; GRAPTOLITE; MORPHOTYPE; PALEOLATITUDE; SHALE; SILURIAN;

BOLIVIA;

ACRITARCHA; ALGAE; METAZOA;

EID: 74949090283     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP325.10     Document Type: Article

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