Infaunal holothurian distributions and their traces in the Fraser River delta front and prodelta, British Columbia, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 392, Issue , 2013, Pages 232-246

  Ayranci, Korhan ^a   Dashtgard, Shahin E ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apodida; Dendrochirotida; Ichnology; Molpadiida; Neoichnology; Sea cucumber

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECHINODERM; ICHNOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SEDIMENTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY; TRACE FOSSIL; WATER DEPTH;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER DELTA;

EID: 84885437662     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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