Paleoenvironmental reconstruction of Jurassic dinosaur habitats of the Vega Formation, Asturias, Spain

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 596-610

  Gutierrez, Karen ^a,b   Sheldon, Nathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DEPOSITIONAL SETTING; FLOOD PLAINS; INCEPTISOLS; JURASSIC; MEAN ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURES; MIDDLE JURASSIC; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; PEDOGENIC CARBONATES; PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SEASONALITY; VERTISOLS; WESTERN UNITED STATES; YIELD VALUE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLOBAL WARMING; SOLS; STRATIGRAPHY;

SOILS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DINOSAUR; ENTISOL; FAUNA; FLOODPLAIN; FOOTPRINT; INCEPTISOL; JURASSIC; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; RECONSTRUCTION; TRACE FOSSIL; VERTISOL;

ASTURIAS; SPAIN;

BELEMNOIDEA; DINOSAURIA; ORNITHOPODA; SAUROPODA; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863545526     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30285.1     Document Type: Article

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