Recommendation of the Meishan section as global stratotype section and point for basal boundary of Triassic System

Newsletters on Stratigraphy

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 81-108

  Yin, H ^a   Sweet, W C ^b   Glenister, B F ^c   Kotlyar, G ^d   Kozur, H ^e   Newell, N D ^f   Sheng, J ^g   Yang, Z ^h   Zakharov, Y D ⁱ  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e Rézsü ut 83   (Hungary)

^f DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^g NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

^h CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

ⁱ FAR EAST GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0030371519     PISSN: 00780421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/nos/34/1996/81     Document Type: Article

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