Use of fine-scale stratigraphy and chemostratigraphy to evaluate conditions of deposition and preservation of a Triassic Lagerstätte, south-central Virginia

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 645-666

  Liutkus, C M ^a   Beard, J S ^b   Fraser, N C ^b,c   Ragland, P C ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Danville Dan River Basin; Insects; Lacustrine; Newark Supergroup; Rift basin

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; LAGERSTATTE; RIFT ZONE; TRIASSIC;

DAN BASIN; DANVILLE [VERMONT]; NEW JERSEY; NEWARK; UNITED STATES; VERMONT; VIRGINIA;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77954657357     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-010-9445-1     Document Type: Article

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