Ichnological evidence of jökulhlaup deposit recolonization from the Touchet Beds, Mabton, WA, USA

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 37-48

  MacEachern, James A ^a   Roberts, Michael C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ichnology; J kulhlaup; Mabton Washington; Natal dispersal; Paleosurfaces; Recolonization; Rodent burrows; Touchet Beds

Indexed keywords

ICHNOLOGY; NATAL DISPERSAL; PALEOSURFACES; RE-COLONIZATION; RODENT BURROWS; TOUCHET BEDS; WASHINGTON;

DEPOSITS;

FLOODS;

BURROW; ICHNOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; JOKULHLAUP; NATAL DISPERSAL; RECOLONIZATION; RODENT; TEPHRA; TETRAPOD;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

GEOMYIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MURIDAE; MUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84871475411     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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