Biogenic silica as an environmental indicator

First Floridians and Last Mastodons: The Page-Ladson Site in the Aucilla River

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 471-491

  McCarty, Russ ^a   Schwandes, Larry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84877269288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4694-0_17     Document Type: Chapter

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