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Time-averaging and temporal resolution in Recent marine shelly faunas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 July 2017

Karl W. Flessa
Karl W. Flessa*
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Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721
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Paleoecological and paleoenvironmental studies have a rich tradition of actualistic work on Recent biotas and environments. Ever since Lyell (and before) geologists have examined present–day sedimentary environments and faunas in an effort to interpret the environments and life of the past. After all, if the present is not the key to the past, it is at least a key to the past. However, there is no similarly long tradition of studying the Recent in an effort to gain insight into issues of the temporal resolution of fossil assemblages.

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Short Courses in Paleontology , Volume 6: Taphonomic Approaches to Time Resolution in Fossil Assemblages , 1993 , pp. 9 - 33
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Copyright © 1993 Paleontological Society 

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