Reconstructing a Miocene pitfall trap: Recognition and interpretation of fossiliferous Cenozoic palaeokarst

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 304, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-43

  Arena, Derrick A ^a   Black, Karen H ^a   Archer, Michael ^a   Hand, Suzanne J ^a   Godthelp, Henk ^a   Creaser, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cave deposits; Palaeoecology; Palaeokarst; Riversleigh; Speleogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; CALCITE; DEPOSITS; LIME; LITHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CAVE DEPOSITS; PALAEOECOLOGY; PALAEOKARST; RIVERSLEIGH; SPELEOGENESIS;

CAVES;

CENOZOIC; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL RECORD; LIMESTONE; LITHOLOGY; MIOCENE; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOKARST; PITFALL TRAP; RECONSTRUCTION; SPELEOLOGY; TAPHONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; RIVERSLEIGH WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

DIPROTODONTIDAE; MACROPODIDAE; METATHERIA; RHINOLOPHIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84896139618     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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