Time-averaging, overcompleteness, and the geological record

Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 317-326

  Kowalewski, Michalł ^a  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSILIZATION; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; TIME AVERAGING;

EID: 0029749635     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/629827     Document Type: Article

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