Trace fossils and depositional environments in the Hawaz Formation, Middle Ordovician, western Libya

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 28-37

  de Gibert, Jordi M ^a   Ramos, Emilio ^a   Marzo, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ichnofacies; Libya; Ordovician; Siliciclastic shelf; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ICHNOFACIES; ICHNOLOGY; LITHOFACIES; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TRACE FOSSIL;

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA;

ARTHROPHYCUS; BERGAUERIA; CRUZIANA; DAEDALUS; LOCKEIA; PLANOLITES; PSAMMICHNITES; RUSOPHYCUS; SKOLITHOS; TEICHICHNUS; THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 79952314291     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 1464343X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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