Trace fossils on a Late Ordovician glacially striated pavement in Algeria

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 138-143

  Le Heron, Daniel Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glaciation; North Africa; Ordovician; Striated pavements; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; DIAMICTITE; FOSSIL RECORD; ICE SHEET; ORDOVICIAN; PAVEMENT; SANDSTONE; SHALE; TRACE FOSSIL;

ALGERIA; TASSILI N'AJJER;

COELENTERATA;

EID: 77956878229     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.023     Document Type: Article

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