Neogene expansion of the North American prairie

Palaios

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 380-390

  Retallack, Gregory J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/3515337     Document Type: Article

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