Nacre in molluscs from the ordovician of the midwestern United States

Geosciences (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-29

  Vendrasco, Michael J ^a   Checa, Antonio ^b   Heimbrock, William P ^c   Baumann, Steven D J ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c Dry Dredgers   (United States)

^d Midwest Institute of Geosciences and Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Arnheim; Cephalopod; Cyclora; Iowa; Isorthoceras; Maquoketa; Nacre; Ohio; Ordovician; Shell microstructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892968686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/geosciences3010001     Document Type: Article

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