Dynamic palaeoredox and exceptional preservation in the Cambrian Spence Shale of Utah

Lethaia

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-177

  Garson, Daniel E ^a   Gaines, Robert R ^b   Droser, Mary L ^a   Liddell, W David ^c   Sappenfield, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOTURBATION; CAMBRIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FAUNA; FOSSIL RECORD; METAZOAN; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MUDSTONE; OXYGEN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SHALE;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

BRACHIOPODA; CTENOCYSTOIDEA; HYOLITHIDAE; METAZOA; TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 84858287084     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2011.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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