Experimental disintegration of regular echinoids: Roles of temperature, oxygen, and decay thresholds

Paleobiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 247-271

  Kidwell, Susan M ^a   Baumiller, Tomasz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISARTICULATION; ECHINOID; OXYGEN; TAPHONOMY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0025592054     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: 19385331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0094837300009982     Document Type: Article

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