A holistic approach to the palaeoecology of las hoyas konservat-lagerstätte (la huérguina formation, lower cretaceous, iberian ranges, spain);Una aproximación holística a la palaeoecología del konservat-lagerstätte de las hoyas (formación la huérguina, cretácico inferior, cordillera ibérica, españa)

Journal of Iberian Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 297-326

  Buscalioni, A D ^a   Fregenal Martinez M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Geológicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Facies bias; Konservat lagerst tten; Las hoyas; Lentic ecosystem; Lower cretaceous; Paleoecological dynamics; Seasonal wetlands; Sedimentary and taphonomic cyclicity

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FACIES ANALYSIS; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; LIMESTONE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PRESERVATION; SEASONALITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TAPHONOMY; TYPE LOCALITY; WATER LEVEL; WATER STRESS; WETLAND;

IBERIAN CORDILLERA; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 78149250526     PISSN: 16986180     EISSN: 18867995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5209/rev_JIGE.2010.v36.n2.13     Document Type: Article

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