The Frasnian/Famennian boundary GSSP at Coumiac, southern France

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 225, 2000, Pages 59-75

  House, Michael R ^a   Becker, R Thomas ^b   Feist, Raimund ^c   Flajs, Gerd ^d   Girard, Catherine ^e   Klapper, Gilbert ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coumiac; Fammenian; Frasnian; GSSP; Kellwasser

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002399426     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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