The paleoredox setting of Burgess Shale-type deposits

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 297, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 649-661

  Gaines, Robert R ^a   Droser, Mary L ^b  

^a POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burgess Shale; Chengjiang; Lagerst tten; Marjum Formation; Redox; Taphonomy; Wheeler Formation

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENTHOS; CAMBRIAN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSILIZATION; ICHNOFABRIC; MICROFACIES; PRESERVATION; REDOX CONDITIONS; SHALE; TAPHONOMY; TRILOBITE;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

METAZOA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 78049307500     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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