Temperature, tectonics, and evolution

Evolution on Planet Earth: The Impact of the Physical Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 209-232

  Vermeij, Geerat J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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