Palaeoecology of transported brachiopod assemblages embedded in black shale, Cape Phillips Formation (Silurian), Arctic Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 367-368, Issue , 2012, Pages 104-120

  Chen, Pengfei ^a   Jin, Jisuo ^a   Lenz, Alfred C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic canada; Brachiopod assemblage; Palaeoecology; Sea level; Silurian

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BLACK SHALE; BRACHIOPOD; DEEP WATER; GRAPTOLITE; PALEOECOLOGY; PRESERVATION; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SILURIAN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURBIDITY;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; FRANKLIN; GOTLAND; MAINE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

BRACHIOPODA; FRANKLINIA;

EID: 84870394061     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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