Effects of data categorization on paleocommunity analysis: A case study from the Pennsylvanian finis shale of Texas

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 144-157

  Forcino, Frank L ^a,b   Stafford, Emily S ^b   Warner, Jared J ^a   Webb, Amelinda E ^c   Leighton, Lindsey R ^b   Schneider, Chris L ^b,d   Michlin, Tova S ^e   Palazzolo, Lauren M ^a   Morrow, Jared R ^a   Schellenberg, Stephen A ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALBERTA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BRACHIOPOD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FAUNA; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIAN; SHALE; STRATIGRAPHY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649131925     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2009.p09-011r     Document Type: Article

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