Geological and depositional setting of the Sirius Passet Lagerstätte (Early Cambrian), North Greenland

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1259-1281

  Ineson, Jon R ^a   Peel, John S ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIANS; CARBONATE PLATFORMS; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; DOLOSTONES; GREENLAND; NEOPROTEROZOIC; SHALLOW-WATER; SILICICLASTICS; SLOPE ENVIRONMENTS; SOFT TISSUE; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

ANIMALS; DEBRIS; EROSION; TECTONICS; TISSUE;

STRATIGRAPHY;

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE PLATFORM; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DOLOSTONE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUDSTONE; OOID; PRESERVATION; SHALE; SHALLOW WATER; SPONGE; TAPHONOMY; TECTONIC SETTING;

ARCTIC; CANADA; GREENLAND;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 79961223897     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e11-018     Document Type: Article

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