Sudden and gradual molluscan extinctions in the latest Cretaceous of western European Tethys

Science

Volumn 274, Issue 5291, 1996, Pages 1360-1363

  Marshall, Charles R ^a   Ward, Peter D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; FOSSIL; MOLLUSC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CRETACEOUS; EXTINCTION; IMPACT; MOLLUSC; TETHYS;

EUROPE;

EID: 0029659562     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5291.1360     Document Type: Article

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