The role of suture complexity in diminishing strain and stress in ammonoid phragmocones

Lethaia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-24

  De Blasio, Fabio Vittorio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ammonoids; Buoyancy; Complexity; Finite element calculations; Suture lines

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE; COMPLEXITY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; SHELL;

AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 39049163742     PISSN: 00241164     EISSN: 15023931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.2007.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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