Quantitative comparisons and models of time-averaging in bivalve and brachiopod shell accumulations

Paleobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 428-452

  Krause Jr , Richard A ^a   Barbour, Susan L ^b   Kowalewski, Michal ^c   Kaufman, Darrell S ^d   Romanek, Christopher S ^e   Simãues, Marcello G ^f   Wehmiller, John F ^g  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIVALVE; BRACHIOPOD; CARBONATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL RECORD; MODEL TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTATION; SHELL; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAPHONOMY; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL;

BIVALVIA; BOUCHARDIA ROSEA; BRACHIOPODA; SEMELE;

EID: 77955589287     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/08072.1     Document Type: Article

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