The Lipalian interval: A forgotten, novel concept in the geologic column

Earth Sciences History

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-269

  Yochelson, Ellis L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.17704/eshi.25.2.772747j430w13n61     Document Type: Article

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