b-zone

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | 164 words | Copyright

b-zone A biostratigraphic zone distinguished by benthonic fossils, e.g brachiopods and trilobites. The term was proposed by T. G. Miller in 1965. Compare P-ZONE.

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