High-resolution estimates of temporal mixing within shell beds: The evils and virtues of time-averaging

Paleobiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 287-304

  Kowalewski, Michał ^a   Goodfriend, Glenn A ^b   Flessa, Karl W ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CHIONE (BIVALVE); CHIONE FLUCTIFRAGA;

MIXING; SHELL BED; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032414060     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373-24.3.287     Document Type: Article

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