Trypanites ichnofacies: Palaeoenvironmental and tectonic implications. A case study from the Miocene disconformity at Foz da Fonte (Lower Tagus Basin, Portugal)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 35-43

  Santos, Ana ^a   Mayoral, Eduardo ^a   da Silva, Carlos Marques ^b   Cachão, Mário ^b   Kullberg, José Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioerosion; Burdigalian; Disconformity; Endolithic communities; Miocene; Transgressive surface; Trypanites ichnofacies

Indexed keywords

BIOEROSION; BURDIGALIAN; CRETACEOUS; ENDOLITHON; ICHNOFACIES; LIMESTONE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

PORTUGAL; TAGUS BASIN;

GASTROCHAENOLITES; TRYPANITES;

EID: 78449251509     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.03.023     Document Type: Article

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