The importance of crisis progenitors in recovery from mass extinction

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 102, Issue , 1996, Pages 15-39

  Kauffman, Erle G ^a   Harries, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0004566355     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.001.01.02     Document Type: Article

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