Corals on the slope (Aptian, Maestrat Basin, Spain)

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-64

  Bover Arnal, Telm ^a   Löser, Hannes ^b   Moreno Bedmar, Josep Anton ^b   Salas, Ramon ^c   Strasser, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aptian; Carbonate slope; Corals; Palaeoecology; Spain; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

MAESTRAT BASIN; SPAIN;

ANTHOZOA; FAVIINA; FUNGIINA; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84861899482     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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