Geochemical composition of faecal pellets as an indicator of deposit-feeding strategies in the trace fossil Phymatoderma

Lethaia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 496-507

  Izumi, Kentaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deposit feeding; Faecal pellet; Geochemistry; Indicator; Phymatoderma; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901404328     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/let.12028     Document Type: Article

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