Dissolution of ophiuroid ossicles on the shallow antarctic shelf: Implications for the fossil record and ocean acidification

Palaios

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 317-332

  Walker, Beverly J ^a   Miller, Molly F ^a   Bowser, Samuel S ^b   Furbish, David J ^a   Gualda, Guilherme A R ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; ECHINODERM; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; TAPHONOMY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; EXPLORER RIDGE; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TAYLOR VALLEY;

EID: 84879965912     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2012.p12-100r     Document Type: Article

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