Taphonomy in palaeoecological interpretations

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 1296-1302

  Fernandez Jalvo Y ^a   Scott, L ^b   Andrews, P ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC AGENTS; DESTRUCTIVE PROCESS; PALAEOECOLOGY; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATIONS;

FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; PALEOECOLOGY; PRESERVATION; RECONSTRUCTION; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 79957649051     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.07.022     Document Type: Article

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