Three-dimensional reconstruction of "phycosiphoniform" burrows: Implications for identification of trace fossils in core

Palaeontologia Electronica

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Bednarz, Malgorzata ^a   Mcilroy, Duncan ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D; Burrows; Core; Cross sections; Halo; Ichnofabric; Ichnofossil; Morphology; Phycosiphon; Reconstruction; Three dimensional; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

BURROW; CRETACEOUS; ICHNOFABRIC; ICHNOFACIES; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; TRACE FOSSIL;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 77954626547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10948074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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