Ichnofacies of an Ancient Erg: A Climatically Influenced Trace Fossil Association in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone, Southern Utah, USA

Trace Fossils

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 562-574

  Ekdale, A A ^a   Bromley, Richard G ^b   Loope, David B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 84882903649     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452949-7/50161-3     Document Type: Chapter

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