A revision of Ordovician series and stages from the historical type area

Geological Magazine

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 15-30

  Fortey, R A ^a   Harper, D A T ^b   Ingham, J K ^c   Owen, A W ^c   Rushton, A W A ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c The University   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARENIGIAN; ASHGILLIAN; CARADOCIAN; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; LLANVIRNIAN; ORDOVICIAN; STRATIGRAPHY; TREMADOCIAN;

UK, ENGLAND; UK, WALES;

EID: 0028806883     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756800011390     Document Type: Article

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