Size variation in conodonts in response to the Upper Kellwasser crisis (Upper Devonian of the Montagne Noire, France)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 323, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 435-442

  Girard, Catherine ^a,b   Renaud, Sabrina ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conodonts; Response to environmental stress; Size variations; Upper kellwasser; Variability

Indexed keywords

CONODONT; DEVONIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; SIZE VARIATION; UPPER KELLWASSER CRISIS;

FRANCE, MASSIF CENTRAL, MONTAGNE NOIRE;

EID: 0030473956     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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