Neoichnology at lake margins: Implications for paleo-lake systems

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 228, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 319-327

  Hamer, Jessica M M ^a   Sheldon, Nathan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental deposition; Lacustrine; Neoichnology; Scoyenia; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

ICHNOLOGY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LAKE LEVEL; TAPHONOMY; TRACE FOSSIL;

MONTANA; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

AVES; COPRINISPHAERA; INVERTEBRATA; MERMIA; SCOYENIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954219231     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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