On the continuity of background and mass extinction

Paleobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 455-467

  Wang, Steve C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND LEVEL; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; MASS EXTINCTION;

EID: 0345149773     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2003)029<0455:OTCOBA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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