Late Silurian and Early Devonian terrestrialisation: Ichnological insights from the Lower Old Red Sandstone of the Anglo-Welsh Basin, U.K.

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 337-338, Issue , 2012, Pages 194-215

  Morrissey, Lance B ^a   Hillier, Robert D ^b   Marriott, Susan B ^c  

^a Nautilus   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anglo welsh basin; Devonian; Silurian; Terrestrialisation; Trace fossil

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; ARTHROPOD; BRACKISH WATER; BURROW; COLONIZATION; DEVONIAN; FLOODPLAIN; ICHNOFACIES; ICHNOLOGY; MARGINAL SEA; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PEDOGENESIS; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVER CHANNEL; SILURIAN; SOFT-BOTTOM ENVIRONMENT; TRACE FOSSIL; TRACKWAY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CRUZIANA; EURYPTERIDA; MYRIAPODA; SCOYENIA; SKOLITHOS;

EID: 84861462434     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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