Late Holocene record of community replacement preserved in time-averaged molluscan assemblages, louisiana chenier plain

Palaios

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 488-499

  Anderson, Laurie C ^a   Mcbride, Randolph A ^b   Taylor, Matthew J ^c   Byrnes, Mark R ^d  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CLS   (France)

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EID: 0032450479     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1043/0883-1351(1998)013<0488:LHROCR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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