Euendolithic microborings in basalt glass fragments in hyaloclastites: Extending the ichnofabric index to microbioerosion

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 393-399

  Montague, Kimberly E ^a   Walton, Anthony W ^a   Hasiotis, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BIOEROSION; DIAMETER; DINOSAUR; DISSOLUTION; FOOTPRINT; GRASS; HYALOCLASTITE; ICHNOFABRIC; ICHNOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; OCEAN BASIN; PALEOECOLOGY; TAXONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL; VOLCANIC GLASS;

DINOSAURIA;

EID: 77953263047     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2009.p09-025r     Document Type: Article

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