Coordinated stasis: An overview

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 1-20

  Brett, Carlton E ^a   Ivany, Linda C ^b   Schopf, Kenneth M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bioevents; coordinated stasis; ecology paleoecology; evolution; extinction; speciation

Indexed keywords

COORDINATED STASIS; EVOLUTION;

EID: 0030595830     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(96)00085-5     Document Type: Article

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