Mathematical analysis of Paleodictyon: A graph theory approach

Lethaia

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 345-350

  Honeycutt, Christina Ebey ^a   Plotnick, Roy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Euler Tours; Graph theory; Graphoglyptid; Mathematical analysis; Paleodictyon; Trace; Trace fossil

Indexed keywords

ICHNOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; TRACE FOSSIL;

XENOPHYOPHORA;

EID: 31744439283     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00241160500333415     Document Type: Article

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