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Interpreting the Paleoenvironmental Context of Marine Shales University of Wisconsin Milwaukee UWM Digital Commons Theses and Dissertations December 2012 Interpreting the Paleoenvironmental Context of Marine Shales Deposited During the Cambrian Radiation: Global Insights from Sedimentology, Paleoecology, and Geochemistry Tristan Kloss University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.uwm.edu/etd Part of the Geology Commons Recommended Citation Kloss, Tristan, "Interpreting the Paleoenvironmental Context of Marine Shales Deposited During the Cambrian Radiation: Global Insights from Sedimentology, Paleoecology, and Geochemistry" (2012). Theses and Dissertations. 59. https://dc.uwm.edu/etd/59 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by UWM Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of UWM Digital Commons. 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