A Geographical Information System (GIS) study of Triassic vertebrate biochronology

Geological Magazine

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 327-354

  Rayfield, E J ^a,b   Barrett, P M ^b   McDonnell, R A ^c   Willis, K J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Geographic Information Systems; Tetrapods; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; FLORAL ASSEMBLAGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TETRAPODS; TRIASSIC;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL; GIS; SPATIAL DATA; TRIASSIC;

AETOSAURUS; MASTODONSAURUS; PALEORHINUS; PSEUDOPALATUS; REDONDASAURUS; RUTIODON; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 26944451975     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675680500083X     Document Type: Review

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