Optimal estimators of the position of a mass extinction when recovery potential is uniform

Paleobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 447-459

  Wang, Steve C ^a   Chudzicki, David J ^a,b   Everson, Philip J ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOSSIL RECORD; MASS EXTINCTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PRESERVATION; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION;

EID: 69549105566     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373-35.3.447     Document Type: Article

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