Ichnological analysis of Pleistocene sediments from the IODP Site U1385 "Shackleton Site" on the Iberian margin: Approaching paleoenvironmental conditions

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 409, Issue , 2014, Pages 24-32

  Rodríguez Tovar, Francisco J ^a   Dorador, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Expedition 339; Iberian margin; Ichnofabrics; Integrated Ocean Drilling Program; Pelagic hemipelagic core deposits; Site U1385

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; ICHNOFABRIC; ICHNOFACIES; ORGANIC MATTER; PLEISTOCENE; SALINITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRACE FOSSIL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IBERIAN MARGIN;

EID: 84944865559     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.04.027     Document Type: Article

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