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Microfossil Diversity

Microfossil Diversity is a quantitative paleoecological metric that characterizes the taxonomic richness and evenness of microfossil assemblages within nonmarine sedimentary deposits, reflecting paleoenvironmental conditions and evolutionary dynamics.

379

Publications

18.2K

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860

Authors

388

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2017–2026

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379

Confidence limits of species proportions in microfossil assemblages

Francisco Fatela, Rui Taborda · Marine Micropaleontology · 2002 · 408 citations

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Evidence of Archean life: Stromatolites and microfossils

J. William Schopf, Anatoliy B. Kudryavtsev, Andrew D. Czaja et al. · Precambrian Research · 2007 · 389 citations

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Microfossils and possible microfossils from the early archean onverwacht group, Barberton mountain land, South Africa

Precambrian Research · 1992 · 295 citations

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The Cretaceous-Tertiary biotic transition

Norman MacLeod, Peter F. Rawson, Peter L. Forey et al. · Journal of the Geological Society · 1997 · 295 citations

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Microfossil recognition in Archean rocks; an appraisal of spheroids and filaments from a 3500 m.y. old chert-barite unit at North Pole, Western Australia

Roger Buick · Palaios · 1990 · 273 citations

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Authors

860

  1. AH
    Andrew H. Knoll

    Harvard University, United States

    16 publications · 1.4K citations

    16

    h-index

  2. JW
    J. William Schopf

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    9 publications · 877 citations

    9

    h-index

  3. TR
    Thomas R. Fairchild

    Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

    8 publications · 193 citations

    8

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  4. SM
    Susannah M. Porter

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    8 publications · 601 citations

    8

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  5. SX
    Shuhai Xiao

    Virginia Tech, United States

    6 publications · 412 citations

    6

    h-index

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Institutions

388

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    20 h-index

    29 publications

    2.6K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    29 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology

    Nanjing, China

    12 h-index

    23 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. Planetary Science Institute

    Tucson, United States

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. University of Liège

    Liège, Belgium

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    10 h-index

    20 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    9 h-index

    21 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    1.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Precambrian Research

    43 publications · 3.1K citations

    29

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  2. Journal of Paleontology

    20 publications · 1.3K citations

    17

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  3. Nature

    15 publications · 870 citations

    14

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  4. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

    13 publications · 741 citations

    13

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  5. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

    11 publications · 307 citations

    11

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