Estimating the rock volume bias in paleobiodiversity studies

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5631, 2003, Pages 358-360

  Crampton, James S ^a   Beu, Alan G ^a   Cooper, Roger A ^a   Jones, Craig M ^a   Marshall, Bruce ^b   Maxwell, Phillip A ^c  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

^c RD 10 ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ROCKS; SEA LEVEL;

PALEOBIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOLOGICAL TIME; OUTCROP; RECOVERY; SAMPLING; SEA LEVEL;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; BIODIVERSITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; GEOLOGICAL TIME; NEW ZEALAND; PALEOBIODIVERSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SAMPLING; SEA LEVEL;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLLUSCA; NEW ZEALAND; PALEONTOLOGY; SELECTION BIAS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0037777464     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1085075     Document Type: Article

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