New paleontological and geological data on the Ordovician and Silurian of Bolivia

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 329-347

  Gagnier, P Y ^a   Blieck, A ^b   Emig, C C ^b   Sempere, T ^c,d   Vachard, D ^b   Vanguestaine, M ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c Convenio YPFB Orstom ^*  (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORDOVICIAN; SILURIAN; STRATIGRAPHY;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0030432757     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0895-9811(96)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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