The use of computational fluid dynamics in reconstructing the hydrodynamic properties of graptolites

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Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-194

  Rigby, Susan ^a   Tabor, Gavin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluid dynamics; Functional morphology; Graptolites; Palaeoecology; Silurian

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GRAPTOLITE; HYDRODYNAMICS; PALEOECOLOGY; SILURIAN;

EID: 33747796999     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035890601282189     Document Type: Article

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