Ichnology of an ephemeral lacustrine/alluvial plain system: Jurassic East Berlin Formation, Hartford Basin, USA

Ichnos

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 221-232

  Gierlowski Kordesch, Elizabeth ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ichnology; Jurassic; Newark Supergroup; nonmarine paleoecology; trace fossil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959959568     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420949109386354     Document Type: Article

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