A rich ediacaran assemblage from eastern avalonia: Evidence of early widespread diversity in the deep ocean

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 655-658

  Wilby, Philip R ^a   Carney, John N ^a   Howe, Michael P A ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DEEP OCEAN; DEEPWATER; DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY; EDIACARAN; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETER; HYDRODYNAMIC REGIME; NEOPROTEROZOIC; NEWFOUNDLAND , CANADA; NEWFOUNDLANDS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ABUNDANCE; AVALONIA; BENTHOS; BIOTA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EDIACARAN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

CANADA; CHARNWOOD FOREST; ENGLAND; LEICESTERSHIRE; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960070708     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31890.1     Document Type: Article

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