Preservation of spatial and environmental gradients by death assemblages

Paleobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-145

  Tomašových, Adam ^a,b   Kidwell, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; MOLLUSC; NICHE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PATCH DYNAMICS; TAPHONOMY;

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 60949105533     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/07081.1     Document Type: Article

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