Biotic characteristics of Ordovician deep-water cherts from Eastern Australia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 367-368, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-72

  Percival, Ian G ^a  

^a Geological Survey of New South Wales   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Chert; Depositional environments; Ordovician; Pelagic biota

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BACKARC BASIN; BEDDING PLANE; BIOTURBATION; BRACHIOPOD; CHERT; CONODONT; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEEP SEA; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; OOZE; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; OXYGENATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; RADIOLARIA; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; SILT; SILTSTONE; SPONGE; TERRANE; TURBIDITE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ENGLAND; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

BRACHIOPODA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84870391289     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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