The rate of taphonomic loss in modern benthic habitats: How much of the potentially preservable community is preserved?

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 1986, Pages 291-320

  Cummins, H ^a   Powell, E N ^a   Stanton Jr , R J ^a   Staff, G ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0022488116     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(86)90052-0     Document Type: Article

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