Interpretation of biological and environmental changes across the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian boundary: Developing a refined understanding of the radiation and preservational record of early multicellular organisms

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 220, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Babcock, Loren E ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; PRECAMBRIAN-CAMBRIAN BOUNDARY;

EID: 17044405109     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.09.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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