Tidal signature recorded in burrow fill

Sedimentology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1198-1210

  Wetzel, Andreas ^a   Carmona, Noelia ^b   Ponce, Juan ^b  

^a Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE RÍO NEGRO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Miocene; Mixed tides; Patagonia; Thalassinoides; Tidal bundles; Tubular tidalites

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; TIDES; WATER LEVELS;

MIOCENE; PATAGONIA; THALASSINOIDES; TIDAL BUNDLES; TUBULAR TIDALITES;

SEDIMENTS;

BIOTURBATION; BURROW; CALCARENITE; CURRENT VELOCITY; FILL; FOSSIL RECORD; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; MIXED LAYER; MUD; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL CYCLE; TRACE FOSSIL; WATER LEVEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; PATAGONIA;

CRUSTACEA; THALASSINOIDES;

EID: 84904363738     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12097     Document Type: Article

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