The intersection grid technique for quantifying the extent of bioturbation on bedding planes

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 457-462

  Marenco, Katherine N ^a   Bottjer, David J ^b  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDDING PLANE; BENTHOS; BIOTURBATION; ICHNOLOGY; OUTCROP; OXYGEN; PALEOECOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 77954017767     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2009.p09-130r     Document Type: Article

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