Community persistence and the pattern of community variability over time: a test using fossil assemblages from four marine transgressions in the Breathitt Formation (Middle Pennsylvanian) of Eastern Kentucky

Four intervals of Middle Pennsylvanian marine strata in the Breathitt Formation of eastern Kentucky, the Elkins Fork, Kendrick, Magoffin, and Stoney Fork, were measured, sampled for fossils, and described. Each marine interval was shown to be the product of a single episode of transgression and regr...

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Main Author: Bennington, J. Bret
Other Authors: Geology
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39681
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10052007-143840/