Cenomanian/Turonian mass extinction of macroinvertebrates in the context of Paleoecology; A case study from North Wadi Qena, Eastern Desert, Egypt

Mass Extinction

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 103-127

  Abdelhady, Ahmed Awad ^a  

^a Minia University ^*  (Egypt)

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EID: 80155131372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-75916-4_9     Document Type: Chapter

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