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Paleoenvironments and their control of acritarch distribution; Silurian of east-central Pennsylvania
Norman D. Smith and R. Stephen Saunders
Paleoenvironments and their control of acritarch distribution; Silurian of east-central Pennsylvania
Journal of Sedimentary Petrology (March 1970) 40 (1): 324-333
Paleoenvironments and their control of acritarch distribution; Silurian of east-central Pennsylvania
Journal of Sedimentary Petrology (March 1970) 40 (1): 324-333
Index Terms/Descriptors
- acritarchs
- Clinton Group
- environment
- fluvial
- Invertebrata
- lithofacies
- Lower Silurian
- marine
- microfossils
- Middle Silurian
- paleogeography
- Paleozoic
- palynomorphs
- Pennsylvania
- Protista
- sedimentary petrology
- sedimentary rocks
- sedimentation
- Silurian
- Tuscarora Formation
- United States
- east-central
- lagoon
- tidal flat
- Shawangunk conglomerate
Latitude & Longitude
Abstract
Restricted to depositional areas open at least intermittently to marine waters, degree of preservation reflects depositional environment, distribution controlled by direction of prevailing currents at least in part
ISSN: 0022-4472
Coden: JSEPAK
Serial Title: Journal of Sedimentary Petrology
Serial Volume: 40
Serial Issue: 1
Title: Paleoenvironments and their control of acritarch distribution; Silurian of east-central Pennsylvania
Pages: 324-333
Published: 197003
Text Language: English
Publisher: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists,
Tulsa, OK,
United States
Accession Number: 1970-016261
Categories: Sedimentary petrology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. (incl. sketch map)
N39°43'00" - N42°17'60", W80°31'60" - W74°40'00"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute.
Update Code: 1970
