Geobiodiversity database: A comprehensive section-based integration of stratigraphic and paleontological data

Newsletters on Stratigraphy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 111-136

  Fan, Junxuan ^a   Chen, Qing ^a,b   Hou, Xudong ^a   Miller, Arnold I ^c   Melchin, Michael J ^b   Shen, Shuzhong ^a   Wu, Shuangye ^d   Goldman, Daniel ^d   Mitchell, Charles E ^e   Yang, Qun ^a   Zhang, Yuandong ^a   Zhan, Renbin ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Leng, Qin ^f   Zhang, Hua ^a   Zhang, Linna ^a,b  

^a NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^b ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^f BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data visualization; Geobiodiversity database (GBDB); Paleogeography; Paleontology; Quantitative biostratigraphy; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DATABASE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84883828353     PISSN: 00780421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0078-0421/2013/0033     Document Type: Article

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