Evolution of Silica Biomineralizing Plankton

The post-Paleozoic history of the silica cycle involves just two groups of marine plankton, radiolarians and diatoms. I apply paleobiological methods to better understand the Cenozoic evolution of both groups. The Cenozoic rise in diatom diversity has long been related to a concurrent decline in ra...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kotrc, Benjamin
Other Authors: Knoll, Andrew Herbert
Language:en_US
Published: Harvard University 2013
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Online Access:http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10969
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:11051218