Ichnology, sedimentology, and sequence stratigraphy of outer-estuarine and coastal-plain deposits: Implications for the distinction between allogenic and autogenic expressions of the Glossifungites Ichnofacies

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 333-334, Issue , 2012, Pages 192-217

  Pearson, Nadine J ^a   Mángano, M Gabriela ^a   Buatois, Luis A ^a   Casadío, Silvio ^b   Rodriguez Raising, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RÍO NEGRO   (Argentina)

^c XR GEOMAP   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Brackish water ichnology; Eocene; Glossifungites Ichnofacies; Outer estuarine deposits; Tide dominated estuary

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; BRACKISH WATER; COASTAL PLAIN; EOCENE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ICHNOFACIES; ICHNOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; REEF; SALINITY; SANDBAR; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; THALWEG; TRACE FOSSIL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARGENTINA; GUANAJUATO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TURBIO RIVER;

BERGAUERIA; GASTROCHAENOLITES; OSTREIDAE; PSILONICHNUS; THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 84860464695     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.03.031     Document Type: Article

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