Stromatolites: A 3.5-Billion-Year Ichnologic Record

Trace Fossils

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 382-390

  Shapiro, Russell S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84882900425     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452949-7/50148-0     Document Type: Chapter

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