Recognizing artifactually generated coordinated stasis: Implications of numerical models and strategies for field tests

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 147-156

  Holland, Steven M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biostratigraphy; communities; Monte Carlo Analysis; paleoecology; sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; COORDINATED STASIS; PALAEOECOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 0030595828     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00092-2     Document Type: Article

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