Linking invertebrate burrow distributions (neoichnology) to physicochemical stresses on a sandy tidal flat: Implications for the rock record

Sedimentology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1303-1325

  Dashtgard, Shahin E ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary Bay; British Columbia; Fraser River Delta; Grain size; Ichnology; Neoichnology; Polyhaline; Sedimentation rate; Strait of Georgia; Tidal flat

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY BAY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FRASER RIVER; GEORGIA; GRAIN SIZE; ICHNOLOGY; NEOICHNOLOGY; POLYHALINE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TIDAL FLAT;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; SEDIMENTATION; SUBSTRATES; TIDES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

WETLANDS;

BIOTURBATION; BURROW; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GRAIN SIZE; ICHNOFABRIC; ICHNOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TIDAL FLAT; TRACE FOSSIL;

BOUNDARY BAY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER DELTA; STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052890141     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2010.01210.x     Document Type: Article

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