Floodplain processes in the shaping of fossil bone assemblages: An example from the late miocene, bahe formation, Lantian, China

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Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 279-287

  Andersson, Ki ^a   Kaakinen, Anu ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Floodplains; Fluvial sedimentation; Taphonomy; Vertebrates; Weathering

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; MIOCENE; TAPHONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHAANXI; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12144249825     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035890401263279     Document Type: Article

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