Quantitative palco-estimation: Hypothetical experiments with extrapolation and the no-analog problem

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 225-248

  Mekik, Figen ^a   Loubere, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microfossils; Modeling; Multivariate techniques; Palco environments extrapolation

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032915350     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8398(99)00004-3     Document Type: Article

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