Taphonomic degradation of molluscan remains during thirteen years on the continental shelf and slope of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 312, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 209-232

  Powell, Eric N ^a   Staff, George M ^e   Callender, W Russell ^d   Ashton Alcox, Kathryn A ^a   Brett, Carlton E ^b   Parsons Hubbard, Karla M ^c   Walker, Sally E ^f   Raymond, Anne ^g  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burial; Continental shelf; Continental slope; Discoloration; Dissolution; Long term experiment; Mollusk; Preservation; Shell carbonate; Taphofacies; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DISSOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOLLUSC; NONLINEARITY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PRESERVATION; SHELL; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 83055177091     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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