The Silurian nautiloid-bearing strata of the Cellon Section (Carnic Alps, Austria): Color variation related to events

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 367-368, Issue , 2012, Pages 231-255

  Histon, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carnic alps; Nautiloid cephalopods; Peri Gondwana; Sediment color; Silurian events; Time specific facies

Indexed keywords

BIOFACIES; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CEPHALOPOD; COLOR; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL RECORD; MASS MORTALITY; SILURIAN;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; PRAGUE BASIN;

CEPHALOPODA; NAUTILIDA;

EID: 84870390596     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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